Obituaries : Doris J. Laton

Doris J. Laton

VINTON: Doris J. Laton, 90, died Christmas Day, December 25, 2012 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:30 a.m at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Pastor Zach Zajicek officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Saturday. A Memorial Fund has been established.

Doris was born February 26, 1922 at Waterloo to Frank B. and Lena M. (Baker) Summy. Following graduation from high school she then attended Cedar Rapids Business College.

On October 19, 1941 she was united in marriage to Leland L. Laton at Cedar Rapids.

Doriswas employed as a secretary for Bordewick, Fisher and Fisher Law Firm in Vinton for many years prior to her retirement. Doris loved singing in her church choir and was a charter member of the Vinton Sweet Adelines and a member of the Benton Community Choir. She had also enjoyed roller skating, gardening, sewing, reading, quilting, and crossword puzzles.

Doris is survived by her husband of 71 years, Leland Laton of Vinton; her son, Richard “Rick” (Marsha) Laton of Princeton, IL; her daughters, Sandra (Larry) Driscol of Vinton, and Kathryn (Randy) Olson of Washington; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter; her half brother, William “Bill” (Mary) Summy of Vinton; and her step-sister, Nadine (Robert) Hannaman of Vinton.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Warren "Bud" Summy.

Condolences may be left at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com