Doris Bahner

On May 29th Doris Bahner, of Quakertown, departed this world and entered her Heavenly home at 85 years of age. She suffered ill health for 12 years and was a long term breast cancer survivor. Doris was born on Oct. 13, 1930 in Centerville, Iowa to the late Fred and Merle (Weatherly) Gorden. She attended Udel Consolidated Schools and graduated in 1948, where she was 5th in her class rank. Doris was a 1953 graduate of Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC. Upon her graduation she worked for the Sword of the Lord Publishing Company in Wheaton, IL. Doris later returned to Bob Jones University for further schooling, and met her future husband, Lloyd, a Korean War veteran attending the University under the provisions of the GI Bill. They were married June 1, 1955. While Lloyd continued his education, Doris worked for Liberty Life Insurance Co, Greenville, SC. When Lloyd graduated in 1958 they moved to PA where he became employed as a teacher in the public schools. Doris chose to be a homemaker and care for her 3 sons. She was a member of Grace Bible Fellowship Church in Quakertown. She enjoyed playing her violin in various musical groups and singing in the church choir. She also assisted Lloyd in delivering meals-on-wheels. Surviving with her husband of 61 years is son Michael, wife Linda, grandchildren Catherine and Steven, of Chapel Hill, NC; son David, wife Gail, grandchildren David Patrick and Heather, great-grandchildren Lilli and Logan of Pismo Beach, CA; and son Bruce, wife Janae, grandchild Hannah Grace of Layton, UT. Services will be held 11AM Sat. June 4th at the Jeffrey A. Naugle Funeral and Cremation Service, 135 West Pumping Station Rd, Quakertown. A visitation will precede the service from 9:30 - 11AM. Interment will follow in the Quakertown Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be sent to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Rd, 2nd FL, Bethesda, MD 20814.