Emma Doramus

NAMPA — Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Marie (Mae) Doramus, 83, of Kuna Route 1, who died Sunday at a Nampa hospital, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Nampa Church of the Brethren, with the Rev. Russell E. Jarboe, pastor and the Rev. M.S. Frantz, officiating.

Interment will follow at Kohlerlawn Cemetery, with services and interment under the direction of the Alsip Funeral Chapel.

Mrs. Doramus was born April 5, 1888, in Butler County, Kan., the third daughter of Joseph D. and Emma Thomas Newland. When she was quite young, she moved with her parents to Wichita, Kan., and later to Carlisle, Ark. The family then moved to Conway Springs, Kan., where she attended grade school, and Sumner County High School at Wellington, Kan. She then attended college at McPherson, Kan.

On June 9, 1909, she was united in marriage to William LeRoy Doramus. They resided at Perth, Kan., for three years, then moved to Idaho in 1912. They stopped at Twin Falls for a time, then moved to the Happy Valley Community in 1915. At one time, for a period of eight years, she operated the Happy Valley Store. She was a member of the Nampa Church of the Brethren, a member of the Dorcas Circle, and a member of the Truth Seeker Sunday School Class of the church. She was also a life member of the Happy Valley PTA, a member of the South Side Grange, and active in her community affairs. Her husband William L. Doramus, preceded her in death on Aug. 30, 1959.

She is survived by four sons, Clifford D. Doramus and R.S.C. Doramus, both of Kuna, Hershel Doramus of San Pablo, Calif., and Don B. Doramus of Middleton; three daughters; Emalee E. Crewse of Cleveland, Ohio, Annabelle Orcutt of Alicel, Ore., and Betty Hope Kiester of Haxtun, Colo.; and one brother, Lynn Newland of Payette. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by one son, Virgil Doramus, in 1919.

Contributions may be given to .the memorial fund of the Brethren Church, or flowers may be sent.