CRUPPER, Doris Raye (Shaw) - b. June 2, 1934 - d. March 11, 2009

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Doris Raye Crupper, 74, died March 11, 2009 at her home in Howard, Kansas.  She was born June 2, 1934 in rural Chautauqua, Kansas, the daughter of Ray and Sarah Delores (Dunn) Shaw. 

Doris worked several years as a social service designate and many other positions for Twilight Manor Nursng Home in Howard.  She was a member of the Flint Hills Assembly of God Church in Howard and the Grandkid Club. 

On January 8, 1998, Doris married Larry Crupper.  He survives at their home.  Other survivors include five daughters, Monica Benson of Derby, Kansas, Mona Leisa Meisch of Howard, Kansas, Dee Dee Benson of Salina, Kansas, Angela Comer of Quapaw, Oklahoma, and Carol Gil of Erie Kansas; two brothers, Robert and Thomas Shaw, both of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; four stepsons; 12 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Joan Shaw Waites.

Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service was held on March 18, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Zimmeman Funeral Home in Howard, Kansas with Pastor Robin Haines officiating.  Memorial contributions are suggested to Hospice Care of Kansas, El Dorado Office, and may be left with or mailed to the funeral home.

Services are entrusted to Zimmerman Funeral Home of Howard, Kansas.

(published in the Prairie Star - 3/18/2009)