Doris Elaine Eldhardt 1923 - 2006

ELDHARDT, KIMES, BROWN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen -Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/19/2019 at 13:14:44

Sioux City Journal
14 July 2006

Doris Elaine Eldhardt, 83, of Hawarden, Iowa, formerly of Sioux City, died Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at Hillcrest Care Center in Hawarden.

Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel in Sioux City, with Chaplain Lorna Peters officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be 9 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home.

Doris was born Feb. 28, 1923, in Wahoo, Neb., the daughter of William and Bertha Ellen (Kimes) Brown. She had lived in Nebraska, Washington and Iowa.

She was united in marriage to Carl Hansen Eldhardt on Nov. 29, 1940, in Sioux City. She was a homemaker. Carl passed away Oct. 2, 1994.

She was a volunteer at the Senior Center in Akron, Iowa. She enjoyed reading, sewing, quilting, arts and crafts, long walks with her husband, spending time with her grandchildren and writing poetry.

Survivors include three daughters, Sandra Carmichael of Georgia, Sharon Sherman of Aurora, Colo., and Susan and her husband, Duane Divis of Hawarden, Iowa; 10 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a granddaughter; a great-grandson; a great-granddaughter; and several brothers and sisters.