Doris Jean Stratton, 81 of Liberty, Missouri, passed away Monday, November 29, 2010 at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Missouri. She was born on May 6, 1929 in the Brimson, Missouri community to Ralph and Marjorie Hamby. She attended Brimson and Trenton Missouri schools. In 1962 she moved to Trenton, Missouri with her family. She worked at McCarty Truck Line and Gambles in Trenton. She was the Grundy County, Missouri Magistrate Clerk before moving to the Grundy County Division of Family Services in Trenton. In 1979 she moved to Liberty, Missouri and worked for the Jackson County Missouri Division of Family Services in Kansas City. She later moved to the Clay County Missouri Division of Family Services in Liberty, Missouri where she retired in 2001.
Doris Jean was a longtime member of the Second Baptist Church in Liberty, Missouri. She loved her church family and was involved in many church related activities. Before moving to Liberty she was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Trenton, Missouri.
Doris Jean loved to spend time with her former co-workers that she had befriended over the years. She had great neighbors in her neighborhood that she thoroughly enjoyed.
She took joy in spending time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She especially liked to host family holiday celebrations with wonderful meals. She cherished her family and she was cherished.
Doris Jean is survived by her two children: Pamela Stratton and son-in-law Gary Robertson of Kansas City, Stacey Stratton and daughter-in-law Gini Stratton of Liberty, Missouri, five grandchildren: Tamera Frazier, Monique Shearer and husband Mike, John Stratton, Kate Stratton and Sara Stratton. Great grandchildren: Zachary Player, Jacob Player, Cody Shearer, Logan Shearer, Colby Frazier and Eli Frazier.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Mackie Hamby, and stepmother Mona Hamby and grandson Monty Robertson.
Visitation will begin at 9am and funeral service at 10am, Thursday, December 2nd at the Second Baptist Church, 300 E. Kansas Ave. in Liberty, Missouri. There will be visitation at 1:30pm and funeral service at 2:30pm, Thursday, December 2nd at the Resthaven Chapel, Highway 65 North, Trenton, Missouri. Burial will follow at Willis Chapel Cemetery north of Brimson, Missouri. Online condolences may be left at www.whitakereads.com
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials may be made in her name to the Liberty Hospital Foundation, 2525 Glenn Hendren Drive, Liberty, Missouri, 64068 or Second Baptist Church, 300 E. Kansas , Liberty, Missouri, 64068.
A special thanks to all of her caregivers at the Liberty Hospital.
Doris Jean was a humble woman of great courage, strength and determination sustained by the love of her Lord and her commitment to God’s ministry and her beloved family. She was dearly loved and will be deeply missed.
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