1926
Doris
2012
Doris Elizabeth Emerson
August 19, 1926 — November 18, 2012
Doris Elizabeth Lemke Emerson died peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012 at 5:29 p.m. at Missouri Riv-er Care and Rehab in Great Falls. She had suffered from Alzheimer’s for about three years.
Memorial services will be at Prairie Peace Lutheran Church in Cut Bank on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 at 2 p.m. with Pastor Fred Grundmann officiating. A reception will follow. Burial will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Cut Bank next to her beloved husband, Cal.
Doris was born at home in Menomonie, Wis., on Aug. 19, 1926 to George and Anna (Stubb) Lemke. She was the third of four girls and attended local schools. She graduated from Menomonie High School in 1944.
During World War II, one of her favorite pastimes was going to dances. There she met a local farm boy named Cal Emerson. After the war ended, they got engaged. Doris wanted a summer wedding in 1946. However, Cal said in the fall of 1945, “We either get married now or not at all!” They were married on Oct. 19, 1945! They moved to a small farm between Knapp and Boyceville, Wis.
Doris was a “city girl” and not used to all the hard work of a dairy farm in those days. Milking cows by hand, chopping wood, cooking on a wood stove, washing with a wringer machine, raising and can-ning food kept both of them busy. There always seemed to be lots to do on a farm. Ninety-nine acres was hard to make a living, but they managed.
In September of 1947, their first daughter, Karen, arrived. By the mid 50s, it was obvious they either needed to farm more land or go to work elsewhere. Their second daughter, Joanne, arrived October of 1956.
In May of 1957, they sold the farm and moved the family to Cut Bank. Cal was hired on at the Glacier Electric Co-op; Cal had a job and the family had a new home.
Doris was a hard working woman with her various career paths at Dave’s Public Drug, Maxie’s Bakery, The Avenue and in the hospital kitchen.
They enjoyed playing cards and going to the mountains, mainly Apgar Campground in Glacier Park, in their camping trailer. Doris loved the color pink, many items in her home were that color. She liked an-tiques and accumulated many of various kinds in her lifetime, decorating her home with them.
Doris is survived by her daughter, Karen (Steve) Recher of Kennewick, Wash., granddaughter Ariana of Salem, Ore., grandson Tim of Pasco, Wash.; and her daughter, Joanne (John) Kapp, grandson David and granddaughter Sarah (Michael) Eads, all of Cut Bank. Doris is also survived by two sisters, Marlys (Forrest) Jones and Hazel Ponto of Menomonie, Wis.; sisters-in-law Donna Stewart of Stanwood, Wash., and Ruby Emerson of Menomonie, Wis.; and brother-in-law, Chuck Stokke of Menomonie; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Cal; her mother and father; and sister, Margaret.
Memorial services will be at Prairie Peace Lutheran Church in Cut Bank on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 at 2 p.m. with Pastor Fred Grundmann officiating. A reception will follow. Burial will be in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Cut Bank next to her beloved husband, Cal.
Doris was born at home in Menomonie, Wis., on Aug. 19, 1926 to George and Anna (Stubb) Lemke. She was the third of four girls and attended local schools. She graduated from Menomonie High School in 1944.
During World War II, one of her favorite pastimes was going to dances. There she met a local farm boy named Cal Emerson. After the war ended, they got engaged. Doris wanted a summer wedding in 1946. However, Cal said in the fall of 1945, “We either get married now or not at all!” They were married on Oct. 19, 1945! They moved to a small farm between Knapp and Boyceville, Wis.
Doris was a “city girl” and not used to all the hard work of a dairy farm in those days. Milking cows by hand, chopping wood, cooking on a wood stove, washing with a wringer machine, raising and can-ning food kept both of them busy. There always seemed to be lots to do on a farm. Ninety-nine acres was hard to make a living, but they managed.
In September of 1947, their first daughter, Karen, arrived. By the mid 50s, it was obvious they either needed to farm more land or go to work elsewhere. Their second daughter, Joanne, arrived October of 1956.
In May of 1957, they sold the farm and moved the family to Cut Bank. Cal was hired on at the Glacier Electric Co-op; Cal had a job and the family had a new home.
Doris was a hard working woman with her various career paths at Dave’s Public Drug, Maxie’s Bakery, The Avenue and in the hospital kitchen.
They enjoyed playing cards and going to the mountains, mainly Apgar Campground in Glacier Park, in their camping trailer. Doris loved the color pink, many items in her home were that color. She liked an-tiques and accumulated many of various kinds in her lifetime, decorating her home with them.
Doris is survived by her daughter, Karen (Steve) Recher of Kennewick, Wash., granddaughter Ariana of Salem, Ore., grandson Tim of Pasco, Wash.; and her daughter, Joanne (John) Kapp, grandson David and granddaughter Sarah (Michael) Eads, all of Cut Bank. Doris is also survived by two sisters, Marlys (Forrest) Jones and Hazel Ponto of Menomonie, Wis.; sisters-in-law Donna Stewart of Stanwood, Wash., and Ruby Emerson of Menomonie, Wis.; and brother-in-law, Chuck Stokke of Menomonie; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Cal; her mother and father; and sister, Margaret.
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