Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Doralee Katholeen Stearns-Greeson, Mt. Vernon, MO - Obituary


Doralee Katholeen Stearns-Greeson
Doralee Katholeen Stearns-Greason, 95, Mt. Vernon, MO, passed away at 1:50 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012, at the Mt. Vernon Place Care Center, Mt. Vernon, MO. She was born Oct. 3, 1916, in rural Miller, MO, the daughter of Lemuel and Kittie Ann (Rice) Eubanks. Doralee lived in the Miller and Mt. Vernon communities her entire life.  She was a 1933 graduate of Miller High School and a member of the First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon.  Doralee worked for what is now known as the Missouri Rehabilitation Center as a laboratory technician, however, spent most of her years as a homemaker.  She married Leonard Allen Stearns Nov. 1, 1933, in Lawrence County.  He preceded her in death April 13, 1986.  She married Carl Greeson Nov. 29, 1993, and he preceded her in death Sept. 27, 2000.
     She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her three daughters, Delores Miller and her husband, Bob, of Mt. Vernon,MO, Beverley Ploth of Kansas City, MO, and Muriene Loveless of Rogers, AR; nine grandchildren, Christi (Phil) Lee, Gina (Boudy) Kroamer, Rob Miller, Cindy (Mark) Skidmore, Vicki (Jeff) Gammills, Kim Loveless, Ronnie (Debby) Loveless, Rebecca (Jeff) Evans, and Eric (Stacey) Ploth; 16 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
     She was also preceded in death by her parents; an infant son, Melvin Leon Stearns; four brothers, Paul, David, Percy and Curtis Eubanks; three sisters, Gladys Hood, Grace and Dorothy Eubanks; and a great-grandson, Christopher.
     Services were May 26 at the first Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon, MO.  Burial was at the Ozark Prairie "Brick" Presbyterian Cemetery.
     Memorial donations may be made to the Ozark Priarie Cemetery, in care of the funeral home.
     Online condolences may be shared at www.FosettMosherFuneralHome.com

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