Doris Conley

Doris Conley, age 82, of Streator, Illinois, formerly of Savanna, died Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Streator. Funeral Services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007 at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna with Reverend Robert Ziebarth officiating. Burial will take place in Savanna Township Cemetery, Savanna. Friends may call from 11:00 – 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007 at the Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com .
Doris was born April 2, 1925, the daughter of Robert and Maude (Watson) Stapleton in Adair County, Kentucky. She attended Adair County Country Schools. Doris married Orville Conley in 1947, he passed away November 24, 1982.
During World War II Doris was a welder in the shipyards in Seneca, Illinois. She enjoyed being a homemaker, and watching old movies and television shows like Bonanza and GunSmoke. Doris and Orville enjoyed traveling, they moved to the Savanna area following retirement.
Doris will be dearly missed by her son, Larry Barnett of Streator, Illinois; two brothers, Carl and Raymond Stapleton of Indiana; a stepson, Chuck (Sherry) Conley of Savanna, Illinois; a step mother in-law, Eleanor Conley; six grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Orville; a granddaughter, Deloris Barnett; and one grandson, Justin Barnett; four sisters; two brothers and a stepdaughter, June Brown.