[NFB-Hams] Fwd: [Colorado-Talk] Doris Willoughby obituary and service details

David Andrews dandrews920 at comcast.net
Fri Sep 17 01:45:52 UTC 2021


>
>Greetings Federation family and friends,
>
>Curtis Willoughby gave me permission to distribute this information 
>about Doris Willoughby's obituary and service details.
>
>Attached and following is the obituary, and below it is the Zoom 
>invitation for the Celebration of Life service.
>
>
>
>Doris Willoughby
>
>Doris Mellott Koerner Willoughby was born on June 29, 1936, in 
>Easton, PA, and died on
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>September 8, 2021, in Lakewood, CO. She moved to Boulder, CO, with 
>her family when she was
>
>11 and graduated from Boulder High School as class valedictorian in 
>1953. She earned a
>
>bachelor's degree in education from Grinnell College in Grinnell, 
>IA, in 1957 and taught second
>
>grade in Cedar Rapids for 11 years. She met her husband D. Curtis 
>Willoughby in 1966. They
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>were married on June 24, 1967, in Cedar Rapids, IA, and honeymooned 
>in Clear Lake, IA, Los
>
>Angeles, and Hawaii. The event in Los Angeles was the national 
>convention of the National
>
>Federation of the Blind, the first of over fifty NFB conventions for Doris.
>
> From the time they met, Doris became a driver and reader assistant 
> for Curtis. Since he was an
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>electrical engineer, perhaps the first blind electrical engineer in 
>the country, and most of the
>
>material he wanted to read was technical, Doris's assistance was 
>extremely valuable.
>
>During the school year 1966/7, Judy Young, a young blind woman, was 
>seeking a degree in
>
>elementary education from the State University of Iowa, but the 
>University had difficulty finding
>
>a place for her to do her student teaching. Doris volunteered to be 
>the supervising teacher and
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>enjoyed the opportunity to work with Judy. Together they found 
>techniques to make Judy an
>
>excellent teacher. Doris received her certification in the teaching 
>of blind children in 1969 after
>
>studying during the summers and evenings and then began teaching 
>blind children.
>
>The Willoughbys moved to Des Moines in 1972, and Doris taught blind 
>children there until
>
>1993. Curtis was often asked to work on electrical and telephone 
>equipment at the Iowa
>
>Commission for the Blind, and Doris often assisted. Shortly after 
>they were married, she said
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>with a smile, "I married an electric wire."
>
>In 1990, she received her ham radio operator's license. Her husband, 
>mother and sisters have all
>
>been hams. Doris continued to work with Curtis on many projects for 
>nearly 30 years.
>
>Doris was an active member of the United Methodist Church and 
>invited Curtis to join. They
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>continued in this denomination in Des Moines and in Colorado.
>
>The Willoughbys moved to the Denver area in 1993, and Doris received 
>a master's degree from
>
>the University of Northern Colorado soon after that. Doris taught 
>blind children in the Adams 12
>
>School District near Denver. She later taught blind adults at the 
>Colorado Training Center for
>
>the Blind, where she helped students prepare for citizenship and the 
>GED test, among other
>
>things.
>
>Doris was a pioneer and leader in the education of blind children 
>for at least 4 decades and wrote
>
>or co-authored 4 books on that subject. At its 50th anniversary 
>convention, the National
>
>Federation of the Blind honored Doris with its highest award in 
>education: the Distinguished
>
>Teacher of Blind Children Award.
>
>Doris was soft-spoken, kind, generous, creative, and hardworking. 
>She was preceded in death by
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>her parents Margaret and Harold Koerner. She is survived by her 
>husband and her sisters
>
>(Margery Herrington of Pueblo, CO, and Marian Lord of Omaha, NE). 
>There are 6 nephews and
>
>nieces and 9 great nephews and nieces.
>
>Doris was an important part of the Willoughby and Koerner families, 
>her church congregations,
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>the NFB, and her communities and will be missed by all. A 
>celebration of Doris's life will occur
>
>at 1:00 pm on Sept. 18, 2021, at the Wheatridge United Methodist 
>Church in Wheatridge, CO.
>
>Memorial donations may be made to the National Federation of the 
>Blind or the Wheat Ridge
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>United Methodist Church.
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>
>
>
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>WheatRidge UMC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
>
>
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>Topic: Doris Willoughby Service
>
>Time: Sep 18, 2021 12:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Service 
>begins: Sep 18, 2021 1:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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>
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>Join Zoom Meeting
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>Meeting ID: 870 2796 2218
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>Passcode: 582683
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>At your service,
>
>
>
>Maryann Migliorelli
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