Sherron Doerhoff, age 76, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020, while holding hands with her family. She was born on March 30, 1944, the first of four children.
Sherron was married to Gary Doerhoff and they lived many years in the home of their dreams on a bluff looking over the river in Fenton, MO. We started many days watching the sun rise through the fog over the river while having coffee and breakfast on our back deck. Sherron loved her family beyond measure.
In the St. Louis area, there are probably 1000 churches. Sherron liked to go to church at Washington University because all of the pastors had Doctorates in Theology. She liked to invite them to dinner and discuss everything from Gospels to politics in religion. She believed you dressed up to go see God (however, she dressed up to go anywhere). She liked to go to church at St. Alphonsus Rock, near St. Louis University, where everybody wore their “Sunday finest”. Men and women wore suits and hats were proper attire. She liked wearing her fancy hats to church. She wouldn’t think of going to church in jeans or casual clothes.
Sherron held a Real Estate Brokers License, Insurance License, a license to teach Real Estate, a license to teach Insurance, a Med-Tech License, and a Beautician License. She spent several years as a department manager for Macy’s Department Stores and several years managing a J. Riggins Clothing Outlet. Later, she managed our education office and arranged our classes. She was very good at meeting the public.
Sherron was one of the most positive people I have ever met. There was no place in her mind for “we can’t do that”. Every idea and every venture was met with “let’s get started.” She had the ability to turn the page when anything went wrong in her life. She could close that chapter of her life, open a new door, and go on to make a better life with a new challenge.
She was an avid reader, reading 70 to 80 books per year. She had a huge vocabulary and was very articulate. She enjoyed reading about how the human mind works.
She had an extreme love of good music, including big-band, rock ‘n roll, country, and jazz. Our days belonged to the public, who we served, but our evenings all belonged to us and family. She was exceptionally good at keeping them separated and had a plan for every day and every evening. When I would come home from work, she always had a plan for the evening. Sometimes it was just a walk down the path to the river. In St. Louis, you can find any kind of live music every night of the week. We went dancing thousands of times and got to know Elvis Pressley’s trumpet player, Nat King Cole’s piano and sax player, Louis Armstrong’s piano player, Hank William Senior’s steel guitar player, and Guy Lombardo Junior, all of whom had dance bands in the St. Louis area. We met many famous musicians and could go backstage at the Ryman in Nashville.
Once driving through Clayton on a four-lane street, “In the Mood” came on the radio and we stopped traffic in the right-hand lane and started dancing. Two police cars pulled over, turned on their lights, got out and started clapping. All things are possible when you can look each other in the eye with love and say “why not?”.
We had a group of friends, four couples and we went out to eat every Sunday after church and went dancing. We regularly went to the Crystal Ballroom, the Casa Loma Ballroom and to New Orleans.
We are not crying because our lives are coming to an end. We are happy because we had such a great life together. She took a part of us with her and we still have a part of her, “Many Great Memories”.
~ Love forever,
Gary and family
In addition to her husband, Gary, she is also survived by two children, Becky Lyons (Jack) and Wade Smith and three stepchildren, Sherry Mariea (Ski), Chad Doerhoff (Cassaundra) and Todd Doerhoff (Emily). She has been blessed with eight grandchildren, Amanda, Johnny, Bailey, Camden, Autumn, Jacob, Avery, and Keyton; two great-grandchildren. She is survived by her mother, (Christine -96), father (George, 97), father-in-law, (Ray – 98) and aunt, Bernice -98, who she lived with for many years when she was a child. She is survived by three younger siblings, Glenda Seger (Mark), Debbie Ritchie, and Keith Underwood.
A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 29, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in St. Elizabeth.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Lawrence Cemetery Trust.
Arrangements are under the direction of Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in St. Elizabeth.
Sherron was married to Gary Doerhoff and they lived many years in the home of their dreams on a bluff looking over the river in Fenton, MO. We started many days watching the sun rise through the fog over the river while having coffee and breakfast on our back deck. Sherron loved her family beyond measure.
In the St. Louis area, there are probably 1000 churches. Sherron liked to go to church at Washington University because all of the pastors had Doctorates in Theology. She liked to invite them to dinner and discuss everything from Gospels to politics in religion. She believed you dressed up to go see God (however, she dressed up to go anywhere). She liked to go to church at St. Alphonsus Rock, near St. Louis University, where everybody wore their “Sunday finest”. Men and women wore suits and hats were proper attire. She liked wearing her fancy hats to church. She wouldn’t think of going to church in jeans or casual clothes.
Sherron held a Real Estate Brokers License, Insurance License, a license to teach Real Estate, a license to teach Insurance, a Med-Tech License, and a Beautician License. She spent several years as a department manager for Macy’s Department Stores and several years managing a J. Riggins Clothing Outlet. Later, she managed our education office and arranged our classes. She was very good at meeting the public.
Sherron was one of the most positive people I have ever met. There was no place in her mind for “we can’t do that”. Every idea and every venture was met with “let’s get started.” She had the ability to turn the page when anything went wrong in her life. She could close that chapter of her life, open a new door, and go on to make a better life with a new challenge.
She was an avid reader, reading 70 to 80 books per year. She had a huge vocabulary and was very articulate. She enjoyed reading about how the human mind works.
She had an extreme love of good music, including big-band, rock ‘n roll, country, and jazz. Our days belonged to the public, who we served, but our evenings all belonged to us and family. She was exceptionally good at keeping them separated and had a plan for every day and every evening. When I would come home from work, she always had a plan for the evening. Sometimes it was just a walk down the path to the river. In St. Louis, you can find any kind of live music every night of the week. We went dancing thousands of times and got to know Elvis Pressley’s trumpet player, Nat King Cole’s piano and sax player, Louis Armstrong’s piano player, Hank William Senior’s steel guitar player, and Guy Lombardo Junior, all of whom had dance bands in the St. Louis area. We met many famous musicians and could go backstage at the Ryman in Nashville.
Once driving through Clayton on a four-lane street, “In the Mood” came on the radio and we stopped traffic in the right-hand lane and started dancing. Two police cars pulled over, turned on their lights, got out and started clapping. All things are possible when you can look each other in the eye with love and say “why not?”.
We had a group of friends, four couples and we went out to eat every Sunday after church and went dancing. We regularly went to the Crystal Ballroom, the Casa Loma Ballroom and to New Orleans.
We are not crying because our lives are coming to an end. We are happy because we had such a great life together. She took a part of us with her and we still have a part of her, “Many Great Memories”.
~ Love forever,
Gary and family
In addition to her husband, Gary, she is also survived by two children, Becky Lyons (Jack) and Wade Smith and three stepchildren, Sherry Mariea (Ski), Chad Doerhoff (Cassaundra) and Todd Doerhoff (Emily). She has been blessed with eight grandchildren, Amanda, Johnny, Bailey, Camden, Autumn, Jacob, Avery, and Keyton; two great-grandchildren. She is survived by her mother, (Christine -96), father (George, 97), father-in-law, (Ray – 98) and aunt, Bernice -98, who she lived with for many years when she was a child. She is survived by three younger siblings, Glenda Seger (Mark), Debbie Ritchie, and Keith Underwood.
A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 29, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in St. Elizabeth.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Lawrence Cemetery Trust.
Arrangements are under the direction of Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in St. Elizabeth.
Sherron Doerhoff, age 76, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020, while holding hands with her family. She was born on March 30, 1944, the first of four children.
Sherron was married to Gary Doerhoff and they lived many years in the home of their dreams on a bluff looking over the river in Fenton, MO. We started many days watching the sun rise through the fog over the river while having coffee and breakfast on our back deck. Sherron loved her family beyond measure.
In the St. Louis area, there are probably 1000 churches. Sherron liked to go to church at Washington University because all of the pastors had Doctorates in Theology. She liked to invite them to dinner and discuss everything from Gospels to politics in religion. She believed you dressed up to go see God (however, she dressed up to go anywhere). She liked to go to church at St. Alphonsus Rock, near St. Louis University, where everybody wore their “Sunday finest”. Men and women wore suits and hats were proper attire. She liked wearing her fancy hats to church. She wouldn’t think of going to church in jeans or casual clothes.
Sherron held a Real Estate Brokers License, Insurance License, a license to teach Real Estate, a license to teach Insurance, a Med-Tech License, and a Beautician License. She spent several years as a department manager for Macy’s Department Stores and several years managing a J. Riggins Clothing Outlet. Later, she managed our education office and arranged our classes. She was very good at meeting the public.
Sherron was one of the most positive people I have ever met. There was no place in her mind for “we can’t do that”. Every idea and every venture was met with “let’s get started.” She had the ability to turn the page when anything went wrong in her life. She could close that chapter of her life, open a new door, and go on to make a better life with a new challenge.
She was an avid reader, reading 70 to 80 books per year. She had a huge vocabulary and was very articulate. She enjoyed reading about how the human mind works.
She had an extreme love of good music, including big-band, rock ‘n roll, country, and jazz. Our days belonged to the public, who we served, but our evenings all belonged to us and family. She was exceptionally good at keeping them separated and had a plan for every day and every evening. When I would come home from work, she always had a plan for the evening. Sometimes it was just a walk down the path to the river. In St. Louis, you can find any kind of live music every night of the week. We went dancing thousands of times and got to know Elvis Pressley’s trumpet player, Nat King Cole’s piano and sax player, Louis Armstrong’s piano player, Hank William Senior’s steel guitar player, and Guy Lombardo Junior, all of whom had dance bands in the St. Louis area. We met many famous musicians and could go backstage at the Ryman in Nashville.
Once driving through Clayton on a four-lane street, “In the Mood” came on the radio and we stopped traffic in the right-hand lane and started dancing. Two police cars pulled over, turned on their lights, got out and started clapping. All things are possible when you can look each other in the eye with love and say “why not?”.
We had a group of friends, four couples and we went out to eat every Sunday after church and went dancing. We regularly went to the Crystal Ballroom, the Casa Loma Ballroom and to New Orleans.
We are not crying because our lives are coming to an end. We are happy because we had such a great life together. She took a part of us with her and we still have a part of her, “Many Great Memories”.
~ Love forever,
Gary and family
In addition to her husband, Gary, she is also survived by two children, Becky Lyons (Jack) and Wade Smith and three stepchildren, Sherry Mariea (Ski), Chad Doerhoff (Cassaundra) and Todd Doerhoff (Emily). She has been blessed with eight grandchildren, Amanda, Johnny, Bailey, Camden, Autumn, Jacob, Avery, and Keyton; two great-grandchildren. She is survived by her mother, (Christine -96), father (George, 97), father-in-law, (Ray – 98) and aunt, Bernice -98, who she lived with for many years when she was a child. She is survived by three younger siblings, Glenda Seger (Mark), Debbie Ritchie, and Keith Underwood.
A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 29, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in St. Elizabeth.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Lawrence Cemetery Trust.
Arrangements are under the direction of Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in St. Elizabeth.
Sherron was married to Gary Doerhoff and they lived many years in the home of their dreams on a bluff looking over the river in Fenton, MO. We started many days watching the sun rise through the fog over the river while having coffee and breakfast on our back deck. Sherron loved her family beyond measure.
In the St. Louis area, there are probably 1000 churches. Sherron liked to go to church at Washington University because all of the pastors had Doctorates in Theology. She liked to invite them to dinner and discuss everything from Gospels to politics in religion. She believed you dressed up to go see God (however, she dressed up to go anywhere). She liked to go to church at St. Alphonsus Rock, near St. Louis University, where everybody wore their “Sunday finest”. Men and women wore suits and hats were proper attire. She liked wearing her fancy hats to church. She wouldn’t think of going to church in jeans or casual clothes.
Sherron held a Real Estate Brokers License, Insurance License, a license to teach Real Estate, a license to teach Insurance, a Med-Tech License, and a Beautician License. She spent several years as a department manager for Macy’s Department Stores and several years managing a J. Riggins Clothing Outlet. Later, she managed our education office and arranged our classes. She was very good at meeting the public.
Sherron was one of the most positive people I have ever met. There was no place in her mind for “we can’t do that”. Every idea and every venture was met with “let’s get started.” She had the ability to turn the page when anything went wrong in her life. She could close that chapter of her life, open a new door, and go on to make a better life with a new challenge.
She was an avid reader, reading 70 to 80 books per year. She had a huge vocabulary and was very articulate. She enjoyed reading about how the human mind works.
She had an extreme love of good music, including big-band, rock ‘n roll, country, and jazz. Our days belonged to the public, who we served, but our evenings all belonged to us and family. She was exceptionally good at keeping them separated and had a plan for every day and every evening. When I would come home from work, she always had a plan for the evening. Sometimes it was just a walk down the path to the river. In St. Louis, you can find any kind of live music every night of the week. We went dancing thousands of times and got to know Elvis Pressley’s trumpet player, Nat King Cole’s piano and sax player, Louis Armstrong’s piano player, Hank William Senior’s steel guitar player, and Guy Lombardo Junior, all of whom had dance bands in the St. Louis area. We met many famous musicians and could go backstage at the Ryman in Nashville.
Once driving through Clayton on a four-lane street, “In the Mood” came on the radio and we stopped traffic in the right-hand lane and started dancing. Two police cars pulled over, turned on their lights, got out and started clapping. All things are possible when you can look each other in the eye with love and say “why not?”.
We had a group of friends, four couples and we went out to eat every Sunday after church and went dancing. We regularly went to the Crystal Ballroom, the Casa Loma Ballroom and to New Orleans.
We are not crying because our lives are coming to an end. We are happy because we had such a great life together. She took a part of us with her and we still have a part of her, “Many Great Memories”.
~ Love forever,
Gary and family
In addition to her husband, Gary, she is also survived by two children, Becky Lyons (Jack) and Wade Smith and three stepchildren, Sherry Mariea (Ski), Chad Doerhoff (Cassaundra) and Todd Doerhoff (Emily). She has been blessed with eight grandchildren, Amanda, Johnny, Bailey, Camden, Autumn, Jacob, Avery, and Keyton; two great-grandchildren. She is survived by her mother, (Christine -96), father (George, 97), father-in-law, (Ray – 98) and aunt, Bernice -98, who she lived with for many years when she was a child. She is survived by three younger siblings, Glenda Seger (Mark), Debbie Ritchie, and Keith Underwood.
A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 29, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery in St. Elizabeth.
Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Lawrence Cemetery Trust.
Arrangements are under the direction of Fancher-Rekus Funeral Home in St. Elizabeth.
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