DORIS CARPER

Doris Carper, 92, a lifetime resident of the Morrisons Cove area, died on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at UPMC Altoona.

A funeral was held on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, at the First Church of the Brethren, Roaring Spring. Pastor Laurie Stiles officiated.

Doris was born in 1927 in Roaring Spring, the daughter of Jacob and Ada (Miller) Frederick and was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Richard Frederick and Wayne Frederick. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Joanne Carper, on Oct. 28, 2017.

She married Robert Carper at the First Church of the Brethren, Roaring Spring, on July 8, 1949. Robert preceded her in death on Dec. 4, 2001.

Doris is survived by sons David Carper and wife, Phyllis, of Townsend, Del., and Kenneth Carper and wife, Carol, of Naples, Fla., and Everett; two grandchildren: Mark Carper (of Wexford, Pa.) and Amy Carper Crupi (of Orlando, Fla.); two great-grandsons; and one great-granddaughter. Also, very important to her were her surviving sisters-in-law and other relatives, most of whom live in Morrisons Cove.

Doris was a 1945 graduate of Morrison Cove High School, Martinsburg. Following this, she received a registered nurse (RN) degree from the University of Maryland in 1948.

She had a long career as a nurse at Nason Hospital, as a private nurse in Morrisons Cove, and more than 20 years as a nurse at the Morrisons Cove Home (later The Village at Morrisons Cove), retiring in 1989.

Doris found her greatest joy and fulfillment as a lifelong mother and best friend to her daughter, Joanne, who was born with serious mental and physical challenges. Doris visited, telephoned, and wrote cards to her daughter almost daily for more than 40 years as Joanne matured and made her home in several family settings operated by Skills.

Doris was a lifelong member of the First Church of the Brethren, Roaring Spring. She was pleased that her health enabled here to live independently in an apartment at The Village at Morrisons Cove, where she'd spent most of her nursing career. It was there that she renewed a special friendship with Jim Beach, someone she had "dated" nearly 75 years earlier. Jim passed away in June 2019.

Doris loved travel, reading, good food and desserts. She agreed with her mother that there was nothing wrong with having dessert at the beginning of a meal, as well as the end. And, especially, Doris enjoyed spending time visiting with her family and friends.

Memorial gifts may be made in her name to the First Church of the Brethren, Roaring Spring, or The Village at Morrisons Cove.

Arrangements by the Todd T. Thompson Funeral Home Inc., http://www.thompsonfh.com, Roaring Spring.