An obituary was not published.
Obituary published on January 12, 2022, after a private family burial:
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Miss Doris Jean Altman
in the U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current
Name: Miss Doris Jean Altman
Gender: Female
Residence Date: Abt 1954
Residence Place: Columbia
Employer: Columbia Hospital
School: Winthrop College
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1954
Father: Paul J Altman
Mother: Altman
Spouse: J Leon Gasque
Siblings: Phyllis Altman
Name: Doris J Gasque
[Doris Gasque]
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1931
Residence Date: 1993
Address: 3 Cape Lookout CT
Residence: Irmo, SC
Postal Code: 29063-2911
Second Address: 1543 Romain Dr
Second Residence: Columbia, SC
Second Postal Code: 29210-7429
Third Address: 1 Woodpond CT
Third Residence: Columbia, SC
Third Postal Code: 29212-1704
Obituary published on January 12, 2022, after a private family burial:
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Miss Doris Jean Altman
in the U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current
Name: Miss Doris Jean Altman
Gender: Female
Residence Date: Abt 1954
Residence Place: Columbia
Employer: Columbia Hospital
School: Winthrop College
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1954
Father: Paul J Altman
Mother: Altman
Spouse: J Leon Gasque
Siblings: Phyllis Altman
Name: Doris J Gasque
[Doris Gasque]
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1931
Residence Date: 1993
Address: 3 Cape Lookout CT
Residence: Irmo, SC
Postal Code: 29063-2911
Second Address: 1543 Romain Dr
Second Residence: Columbia, SC
Second Postal Code: 29210-7429
Third Address: 1 Woodpond CT
Third Residence: Columbia, SC
Third Postal Code: 29212-1704
An obituary was not published.
Obituary published on January 12, 2022, after a private family burial:
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Miss Doris Jean Altman
in the U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current
Name: Miss Doris Jean Altman
Gender: Female
Residence Date: Abt 1954
Residence Place: Columbia
Employer: Columbia Hospital
School: Winthrop College
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1954
Father: Paul J Altman
Mother: Altman
Spouse: J Leon Gasque
Siblings: Phyllis Altman
Name: Doris J Gasque
[Doris Gasque]
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1931
Residence Date: 1993
Address: 3 Cape Lookout CT
Residence: Irmo, SC
Postal Code: 29063-2911
Second Address: 1543 Romain Dr
Second Residence: Columbia, SC
Second Postal Code: 29210-7429
Third Address: 1 Woodpond CT
Third Residence: Columbia, SC
Third Postal Code: 29212-1704
Obituary published on January 12, 2022, after a private family burial:
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Doris Jean Gasque
November 19, 1931 - November 21, 2021
Columbia, South Carolina - Doris Jean Gasque died after an extended illness on November 21, 2021 at the age of 90.
Doris was born in Marion, SC, the daughter of Paul Jones Altman and Alpha Harriett Altman. She was a 1950 graduate of Marion High School where she played basketball, and a 1954 graduate of Winthrop College. At Winthrop, Doris was the art editor of her senior year school yearbook. Doris married John Leon Gasque Jr. in 1954 and, after her husband's service in the Air Force, they moved to Columbia. They were married for 32 years until his death in 1986. Doris was a biology teacher at Airport High School in West Columbia for 25 years, retiring in 1992.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia Gasque Chastain (Roy) of Acworth, Georgia; a son, John L. Gasque III (Katherine) of Columbia, SC; two grandchildren, Alexandra Chastain and Logan Chastain and a step grandchild, Lettie Woods. Doris also is survived by sisters, Sandra Paulette Altman Cantey (Bob) of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Frankie Carol Altman Phipps of Joanna, SC, and three nephews and two nieces. She was predeceased by a sister, Phyllis Olivia Altman Roberts.
Doris was a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother.
A private graveside service was held at Woodridge Memorial Park on Friday, November 26, 2021. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel assisted the family.
www.caughmanlexington.com
Miss Doris Jean Altman
in the U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current
Name: Miss Doris Jean Altman
Gender: Female
Residence Date: Abt 1954
Residence Place: Columbia
Employer: Columbia Hospital
School: Winthrop College
Marriage Date: 10 Jun 1954
Father: Paul J Altman
Mother: Altman
Spouse: J Leon Gasque
Siblings: Phyllis Altman
Name: Doris J Gasque
[Doris Gasque]
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1931
Residence Date: 1993
Address: 3 Cape Lookout CT
Residence: Irmo, SC
Postal Code: 29063-2911
Second Address: 1543 Romain Dr
Second Residence: Columbia, SC
Second Postal Code: 29210-7429
Third Address: 1 Woodpond CT
Third Residence: Columbia, SC
Third Postal Code: 29212-1704
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