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Doris Lucille Douglas Strand
11/12/1925 — 02/11/2002
From Richland, WA, US | Born in Ridgeway, Montana
Doris Lucille Douglas Strand
Doris Lucille Douglas Strand of Richland, Washington died Monday February 11, 2002, at Kadlec Hospital. She was born to Norman 0. and Minnie Florence Milburn Douglas in a log cabin on November 12, 1925 in the Ridgeway community of Carter County in eastern Montana. She rode horseback four miles to elementary school and boarded in Ekalaka forty miles from home to attend Carter County High School. She graduated in 1944. Doris attended Northwest Bible Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota and nursing schools in Missoula and Miles City, Montana. She met her husband Clarence A. Strand in Miles City, and they were married June 23,1949. In the fall, they moved to Bozeman, Montana where Clarence attended Montana State College University. After his graduation in June of 1951, they lived in Blackfoot, Idaho for four years. Two of their children, Bruce and Karen, were born there. Four years later they moved to Richland, Washington, where they have resided ever since. Douglas and Marlene were born in Richland. Doris was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who prayed for her family daily. She was known for her garden and enjoyed tending her roses and many other plants in her beautiful yard. She was also skilled at painting, ceramics, and sewing. She was active in the First Baptist Church and volunteer work. She was a member of the Kadlec Auxiliary and faithfully helped at Same Day Surgery and at the Information Desk two days a week. Doris died as a result of a sudden flare-up of multiple myeloma, a type of cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Lawrence Marvin Douglas, and sister, Phyllis Haynes. She is survived by Clarence, her husband of 52 years, their children: son, Bruce and Toni Strand of Des Moines, Washington; daughter, Karen and Dale Winslow of Greenville, Illinois; son, Douglas and Karen Strand of Oceanside, California; and daughter, Marlene and Daniel Brennan of San Diego, California; and her ten grandchildren. Bruce's children are Jamie, Melissa, Kylie, and Andrew; Karen's children are Karmelle, Luke, and Benjamin; Douglas' daughter is Natalie; and Marlene's children are Hailey and Jesse. She is also survived by three great grandchildren; her brother, Albert and Lila Douglas of Stevensville, Montana; sister, Bernice and Russell Kearns of Stevensville, Montana; and numerous nieces and nephews and their children. Graveside services will be Friday, February 15, at Sunset Memorial Gardens at 11:00 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 12:00 at the First Baptist Church of Richland at 1107 Wright Avenue. Viewing will be Thursday, February 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Einan's Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church or the Moody Bible Institute.
I first met Doris and Clarence in the spring of 1956. I was 4 years old at the time, some 46 years ago.
They were both pillars of the community, the church, and icons of my childhood and teen years. From the first “Vacation Bible School” that I attended at the invitation of Bruce and Karen, until my early adult years, Doris and Clarence were there, leading by example. I am confident that their faith and prayers kept many of us safe during those often difficult teenage years.
She leaves a legacy of a mother’s love and her success is shown through the lives of her children. I will miss just knowing she was there, but I too rely on the promise of being together in the presence of our Lord and Saviour. My prayer is that we all do as well as parents.
I love you all, Rick
With deepest sympathy,
Love,
Will and Dorothy Walker
Dear Karen, and Dale, Karmelle, Luke, Ben, Bruce and Tony
My heart goes out to you and the family.
I am so sorry for your loss!
I am thinking about you and lifting you up in prayer.
My sincere condolences,
Love Always,
Saskia Kidd
We were Doris’s classmates at Carter County High School,
Ekalaka, Montana. Doris boarded with my Aunt and Uncle while attending school. We remember Doris as a caring person and are happy to have known her.
Our sympathy to her family.
Clarence and family, you are in my prayers. Doris worked Info Desk and I the Gift Shop on Thursday afternoons. I shall miss her kindness and ready smile. She was truly a lovely lady, in both word and deed. I shall miss her.
May God ease your sorrow and give you peace and understanding in the days ahead.
Dear Karen,
I am so sorry about your mother. It sounds like it was unexpected to some extent. May God give you and Dale many wonderful memories and his peace in the weeks to come.
Marilyn
To the Strand family:
She is a beautiful lady
Gone to a beautiful place
Where Jesus waits, to wipe the tears from her face
No more sorrow, no more pain
In the arms of Jesus, where we’ll see her again.
God bless you all. From another Douglas clan–Bill and Ivamarie Douglas
Douglas, I’m Very sorry to here of your loss. My condolences to all your family.
“The Lord is my shepherd:Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.” Psalm 23:1 and 4
Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters still, o’er troubled sea,
Still ’tis his hand that leadeth me.
Joseph H. Gilmore
Doris’ life has been a rich blessing to us. Dad Kendall felt the lose of Doris deeply. Thank you each for enriching our lives in our friendship over the years!!!
Much love and prayers,
Dad Kendall
Dick and Cathy Durham
To the Strand family!
Rest in pease Doris!
I am very sorry to here that your dear mother and wife are gone from this life.
I am glad we got to meet her last year in June, Clearence and Doris were so lovely and invited me and my family and my sister to visit them in Richland. I would like to send a Swedish psalm to honor Doris.
“Spread your wide wings, oh Jesus over me. Be my strength, my wisdom and my advise, and let me live all days by your grease”.
Psalm 190
By Lina Sandell-Berg
God Bless!
From all of us here in Dalarna, Sweden with love
Kenneth, Ann-Marie, Sofia and Stefan Lissmats
Birgit Kopman with family and
cousin Karin Cederberg
God has called home one of his dear children after a long life of faithful service. We will miss her but are thankful to have known this sister in Jesus Christ. Our hope is in the LORD!
What a wonderful opportunity to share thoughts and memories in this lovely on-line guest book! Doris will truely be missed by us all. She had an inspirational testimony and great smile!
I must confess, I came here not knowing how poor I was.
Since my family moved from Washington when I was only six years old I fear I do not remember much about Mrs. Strand. I know my older brothers and sister remember her better than I… as I still have fond recollections of years ago hearing my sister telling how exciting and funny it was when she was accompanying the Strands on a trip on a winding mountain road when the streering wheel popped off in Mr. Srand’s hands!
As I read Mrs. Strand’s obituary I was impressed. Born in a log cabin! Rode horseback 4 miles to school!! Went to school and studied the Bible and nursing, met and married a man she loved and lived with for 52 years!! What a legacy!
But as I read through the comments friends have left, I have become even more moved. What a truly amazing woman and what a truly amazing life!
Greetings and fond rememberances not just from around the USA, but lives she touched from the Philippines, and Sweden, and South Africa. United States Presidents don’t do any better than that!
As I read, I see she left a lasting impression on others lives her entire life: from her youth in Montana through her adult years. From the youngest VBS children all the way through to those individuals that she volunteered with at the hospital she touched many lives.
I’ve discovered that the trip with the faulty steering wheel was one to church camp!
As I re-read others’ memories of this lady whom I cannot recall, I realize this is not just the touching story of kindly wife and mother, it is a Godly heritage the Stand family shares. I cannot say that I am sad for your lose, because I am envious of your riches. You will never be poor as long as you hold these precious memories close, because they are not just fond memories, they are records being kept in heaven of a woman who walked with God.
I trust that I will use this legacy from my parents’ dear friend to work harder, walk taller, and aspire to greater things so that others will see in me the example I see in Doris Strand.
Clarence, please accept my sympathies at the loss of your dear wife. I do not recall ever meeting her. However to have such an outstanding, kind person as yourself as her husband indicates she was a special person too. Your friend, craig buchanan
I first met Doris and Clarence in the spring of 1956. I was 4 years old at the time, some 46 years ago.
They were both pillars of the community, the church, and icons of my childhood and teen years. From the first “Vacation Bible School” that I attended at the invitation of Bruce and Karen, until my early adult years, Doris and Clarence were there, leading by example. I am confident that their faith and prayers kept many of us safe during those often difficult teenage years.
She leaves a legacy of a mother’s love and her success is shown through the lives of her children. I will miss just knowing she was there, but I too rely on the promise of being together in the presence of our Lord and Saviour. My prayer is that we all do as well as parents.
I love you all, Rick
With deepest sympathy,
Love,
Will and Dorothy Walker
Dear Karen, and Dale, Karmelle, Luke, Ben, Bruce and Tony
My heart goes out to you and the family.
I am so sorry for your loss!
I am thinking about you and lifting you up in prayer.
My sincere condolences,
Love Always,
Saskia Kidd
We were Doris’s classmates at Carter County High School,
Ekalaka, Montana. Doris boarded with my Aunt and Uncle while attending school. We remember Doris as a caring person and are happy to have known her.
Our sympathy to her family.
Clarence and family, you are in my prayers. Doris worked Info Desk and I the Gift Shop on Thursday afternoons. I shall miss her kindness and ready smile. She was truly a lovely lady, in both word and deed. I shall miss her.
May God ease your sorrow and give you peace and understanding in the days ahead.
Dear Karen,
I am so sorry about your mother. It sounds like it was unexpected to some extent. May God give you and Dale many wonderful memories and his peace in the weeks to come.
Marilyn
To the Strand family:
She is a beautiful lady
Gone to a beautiful place
Where Jesus waits, to wipe the tears from her face
No more sorrow, no more pain
In the arms of Jesus, where we’ll see her again.
God bless you all. From another Douglas clan–Bill and Ivamarie Douglas
Douglas, I’m Very sorry to here of your loss. My condolences to all your family.
“The Lord is my shepherd:Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.” Psalm 23:1 and 4
Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters still, o’er troubled sea,
Still ’tis his hand that leadeth me.
Joseph H. Gilmore
Doris’ life has been a rich blessing to us. Dad Kendall felt the lose of Doris deeply. Thank you each for enriching our lives in our friendship over the years!!!
Much love and prayers,
Dad Kendall
Dick and Cathy Durham
To the Strand family!
Rest in pease Doris!
I am very sorry to here that your dear mother and wife are gone from this life.
I am glad we got to meet her last year in June, Clearence and Doris were so lovely and invited me and my family and my sister to visit them in Richland. I would like to send a Swedish psalm to honor Doris.
“Spread your wide wings, oh Jesus over me. Be my strength, my wisdom and my advise, and let me live all days by your grease”.
Psalm 190
By Lina Sandell-Berg
God Bless!
From all of us here in Dalarna, Sweden with love
Kenneth, Ann-Marie, Sofia and Stefan Lissmats
Birgit Kopman with family and
cousin Karin Cederberg
God has called home one of his dear children after a long life of faithful service. We will miss her but are thankful to have known this sister in Jesus Christ. Our hope is in the LORD!
What a wonderful opportunity to share thoughts and memories in this lovely on-line guest book! Doris will truely be missed by us all. She had an inspirational testimony and great smile!
I must confess, I came here not knowing how poor I was.
Since my family moved from Washington when I was only six years old I fear I do not remember much about Mrs. Strand. I know my older brothers and sister remember her better than I… as I still have fond recollections of years ago hearing my sister telling how exciting and funny it was when she was accompanying the Strands on a trip on a winding mountain road when the streering wheel popped off in Mr. Srand’s hands!
As I read Mrs. Strand’s obituary I was impressed. Born in a log cabin! Rode horseback 4 miles to school!! Went to school and studied the Bible and nursing, met and married a man she loved and lived with for 52 years!! What a legacy!
But as I read through the comments friends have left, I have become even more moved. What a truly amazing woman and what a truly amazing life!
Greetings and fond rememberances not just from around the USA, but lives she touched from the Philippines, and Sweden, and South Africa. United States Presidents don’t do any better than that!
As I read, I see she left a lasting impression on others lives her entire life: from her youth in Montana through her adult years. From the youngest VBS children all the way through to those individuals that she volunteered with at the hospital she touched many lives.
I’ve discovered that the trip with the faulty steering wheel was one to church camp!
As I re-read others’ memories of this lady whom I cannot recall, I realize this is not just the touching story of kindly wife and mother, it is a Godly heritage the Stand family shares. I cannot say that I am sad for your lose, because I am envious of your riches. You will never be poor as long as you hold these precious memories close, because they are not just fond memories, they are records being kept in heaven of a woman who walked with God.
I trust that I will use this legacy from my parents’ dear friend to work harder, walk taller, and aspire to greater things so that others will see in me the example I see in Doris Strand.
Clarence, please accept my sympathies at the loss of your dear wife. I do not recall ever meeting her. However to have such an outstanding, kind person as yourself as her husband indicates she was a special person too. Your friend, craig buchanan
We are so thankful for the friendship of the Strand family. Allene and I remember the special evening we had together last furlough, when I finally learned what Clarence did all those years at Hanford, and where we ate a delicious meal cooked by Doris.
We’re praying for you across the ocean. For God’s comfort in time of loss. I think it is times like this that Jesus’ promises of Eternal Life mean more than ever. And that Heaven seems much closer and more real than it did before.
Love and Prayers,
Jim and Allene Latzko
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