Doris Jean Stone was born in Washington, District of Columbia. Her father accepted a position with the Internal Revenue Service in Great Falls, Montana.
She attended Blair Business College after high school in Canon City Colorado. She was inducted in the Alpha Iota Sorority and accepted a job at Shepherds Citations law firm in Denver Colorado. Shepherds Citations sent her to New York City to be trained in legal aspects of her position.
During World War II she moved to Washington, District of Columbia where she accepted a job for the Signal Corps at the Pentagon and held a high security clearance. One her memories is getting off work at the Pentagon and taking the bus to her apartment. She got off at Pennsylvania Avenue NW and began to walk past the White House. She said that there were crowds around the area, and some people were crying. She asked a woman what was going on, and the woman said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had died.
After World War II, she moved to Colorado Springs.
Doris met her husband; Dale Armstrong in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1950. They had one son, David, and adopted another son, Dean.
Doris was an active volunteer in her community, schools, and her church. She and two other women formed the Casa Solana Kindergarten. She was a docent at the Palace of the Governors, Fine Arts and International Folk Art Museum. She organized the Gonzales School library. She was assistant Kindergarten teacher at Saint John's First United Methodist Church. She played in the Bell Choir there. She taught piano and introduced her students to the Santa Fe Opera through their Dress Rehearsal Program.
She volunteered at Saint Vincent's Hospital in the Gift Shop, in Santa Fe New Mexico.
While her son David was working with Save The Children in Thailand, she volunteered there in the Refugee Resource Center and taught cooking, culture and reading skills to young refugees.
She remained an active volunteer until her move to San Diego California to live with her son David, and son-in law Jim due to needing a lower altitude.
Doris had a love for the mountains, birds, and wildlife.
In San Diego she enjoyed going to the beach every weekend, visiting the elephants at the zoo, and keeping track of the hummingbirds that visited her every morning. Doris missed her friends and the mountains in Santa Fe. She made new friends in San Diego who enriched her life.
She enjoyed the ocean, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the San Diego Zoo.
Doris was adventurous and had a fighting spirit and didn’t let life get her down.
She will be dearly missed by her son David, her son in-law Jim and Pedro the families Corgi dog and her family and friends.
She attended Blair Business College after high school in Canon City Colorado. She was inducted in the Alpha Iota Sorority and accepted a job at Shepherds Citations law firm in Denver Colorado. Shepherds Citations sent her to New York City to be trained in legal aspects of her position.
During World War II she moved to Washington, District of Columbia where she accepted a job for the Signal Corps at the Pentagon and held a high security clearance. One her memories is getting off work at the Pentagon and taking the bus to her apartment. She got off at Pennsylvania Avenue NW and began to walk past the White House. She said that there were crowds around the area, and some people were crying. She asked a woman what was going on, and the woman said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had died.
After World War II, she moved to Colorado Springs.
Doris met her husband; Dale Armstrong in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1950. They had one son, David, and adopted another son, Dean.
Doris was an active volunteer in her community, schools, and her church. She and two other women formed the Casa Solana Kindergarten. She was a docent at the Palace of the Governors, Fine Arts and International Folk Art Museum. She organized the Gonzales School library. She was assistant Kindergarten teacher at Saint John's First United Methodist Church. She played in the Bell Choir there. She taught piano and introduced her students to the Santa Fe Opera through their Dress Rehearsal Program.
She volunteered at Saint Vincent's Hospital in the Gift Shop, in Santa Fe New Mexico.
While her son David was working with Save The Children in Thailand, she volunteered there in the Refugee Resource Center and taught cooking, culture and reading skills to young refugees.
She remained an active volunteer until her move to San Diego California to live with her son David, and son-in law Jim due to needing a lower altitude.
Doris had a love for the mountains, birds, and wildlife.
In San Diego she enjoyed going to the beach every weekend, visiting the elephants at the zoo, and keeping track of the hummingbirds that visited her every morning. Doris missed her friends and the mountains in Santa Fe. She made new friends in San Diego who enriched her life.
She enjoyed the ocean, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the San Diego Zoo.
Doris was adventurous and had a fighting spirit and didn’t let life get her down.
She will be dearly missed by her son David, her son in-law Jim and Pedro the families Corgi dog and her family and friends.
Doris Jean Stone was born in Washington, District of Columbia. Her father accepted a position with the Internal Revenue Service in Great Falls, Montana.
She attended Blair Business College after high school in Canon City Colorado. She was inducted in the Alpha Iota Sorority and accepted a job at Shepherds Citations law firm in Denver Colorado. Shepherds Citations sent her to New York City to be trained in legal aspects of her position.
During World War II she moved to Washington, District of Columbia where she accepted a job for the Signal Corps at the Pentagon and held a high security clearance. One her memories is getting off work at the Pentagon and taking the bus to her apartment. She got off at Pennsylvania Avenue NW and began to walk past the White House. She said that there were crowds around the area, and some people were crying. She asked a woman what was going on, and the woman said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had died.
After World War II, she moved to Colorado Springs.
Doris met her husband; Dale Armstrong in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1950. They had one son, David, and adopted another son, Dean.
Doris was an active volunteer in her community, schools, and her church. She and two other women formed the Casa Solana Kindergarten. She was a docent at the Palace of the Governors, Fine Arts and International Folk Art Museum. She organized the Gonzales School library. She was assistant Kindergarten teacher at Saint John's First United Methodist Church. She played in the Bell Choir there. She taught piano and introduced her students to the Santa Fe Opera through their Dress Rehearsal Program.
She volunteered at Saint Vincent's Hospital in the Gift Shop, in Santa Fe New Mexico.
While her son David was working with Save The Children in Thailand, she volunteered there in the Refugee Resource Center and taught cooking, culture and reading skills to young refugees.
She remained an active volunteer until her move to San Diego California to live with her son David, and son-in law Jim due to needing a lower altitude.
Doris had a love for the mountains, birds, and wildlife.
In San Diego she enjoyed going to the beach every weekend, visiting the elephants at the zoo, and keeping track of the hummingbirds that visited her every morning. Doris missed her friends and the mountains in Santa Fe. She made new friends in San Diego who enriched her life.
She enjoyed the ocean, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the San Diego Zoo.
Doris was adventurous and had a fighting spirit and didn’t let life get her down.
She will be dearly missed by her son David, her son in-law Jim and Pedro the families Corgi dog and her family and friends.
She attended Blair Business College after high school in Canon City Colorado. She was inducted in the Alpha Iota Sorority and accepted a job at Shepherds Citations law firm in Denver Colorado. Shepherds Citations sent her to New York City to be trained in legal aspects of her position.
During World War II she moved to Washington, District of Columbia where she accepted a job for the Signal Corps at the Pentagon and held a high security clearance. One her memories is getting off work at the Pentagon and taking the bus to her apartment. She got off at Pennsylvania Avenue NW and began to walk past the White House. She said that there were crowds around the area, and some people were crying. She asked a woman what was going on, and the woman said President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had died.
After World War II, she moved to Colorado Springs.
Doris met her husband; Dale Armstrong in Colorado Springs and they were married in 1950. They had one son, David, and adopted another son, Dean.
Doris was an active volunteer in her community, schools, and her church. She and two other women formed the Casa Solana Kindergarten. She was a docent at the Palace of the Governors, Fine Arts and International Folk Art Museum. She organized the Gonzales School library. She was assistant Kindergarten teacher at Saint John's First United Methodist Church. She played in the Bell Choir there. She taught piano and introduced her students to the Santa Fe Opera through their Dress Rehearsal Program.
She volunteered at Saint Vincent's Hospital in the Gift Shop, in Santa Fe New Mexico.
While her son David was working with Save The Children in Thailand, she volunteered there in the Refugee Resource Center and taught cooking, culture and reading skills to young refugees.
She remained an active volunteer until her move to San Diego California to live with her son David, and son-in law Jim due to needing a lower altitude.
Doris had a love for the mountains, birds, and wildlife.
In San Diego she enjoyed going to the beach every weekend, visiting the elephants at the zoo, and keeping track of the hummingbirds that visited her every morning. Doris missed her friends and the mountains in Santa Fe. She made new friends in San Diego who enriched her life.
She enjoyed the ocean, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the San Diego Zoo.
Doris was adventurous and had a fighting spirit and didn’t let life get her down.
She will be dearly missed by her son David, her son in-law Jim and Pedro the families Corgi dog and her family and friends.
