Doris E. Blakey-Ivory 1947-2012

BLAKEY IVORY TRUDELL

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/14/2012 at 13:52:04

Sioux City Journal
June 11, 2012

Doris E. Blakey-Ivory, 64, of Sioux City went to heaven Thursday, June 7, 2012, at a local hospital.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, with visitation one hour prior to service time. Visitation in Yankton, S.D., will be held 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Wintz Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Yankton City Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service.

Doris was born Oct. 3, 1947, in Yankton, S.D., daughter of Leroy and Thelma (Trudell) Blakey Sr. She graduated from high school in Yankton.

Doris married Geames Ivory on Dec. 31, 1965, in Sioux City. She went to barber school in 1985 and owned Ivory’s Hair Connection in Sioux City for 20 years. Doris also worked at Countryside Living Center for a number of years.

Doris had a great love for God and traveled spreading God's word. Doris was an outgoing person who loved everybody. She had a special gift to connect with anybody she came in contact with. Doris had a special bond with her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, Geames Ivory; sons, Stephen Sims, Sean Ivory, Shannon Ivory, Sam Blakey (Jackie) and Noel Bender of Sioux City; daughters, Rochelle Knowles-Ivory, Audrey Jackson (Keith) and Eboni Green (Terrance) of Omaha; siblings, Phyllis Blakey, Angie Kirschmen (Bob) of Yankton, and George Blakey (Diane) of Sioux Falls, S.D.; 23 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Leroy and Thelma Blakey; sons, Kelly, John, Geames Jr. and Jayson; two sisters; and one brother.