Doris Caroline McCray (nee Seacatt) was born on February 15, 1916 in Trinidad, CO. Often referring to herself as the “last leaf on the tree”, she was called to her heavenly home on April 3, 2014, at the age of 98, to join her husband, George ”Mac” McCray, her parents, James (Mildred) Seacatt, her sisters Florence (Tony) Hoffmann and Jane Gray Seacatt, and her brother Holmes (Melba) Seacatt. Becoming a young widow in the early 1940’s when her husband was a casualty of the war, she never remarried or had children. She always treated her niece, Libby (Wes) Bell and two nephews, James (Georgia) and Charles Hoffmann like her own children. Her family grew to include great nieces and nephews; Carrie Bell-Montoya, Brian (Kerri) Bell, Eric (Judy) Hoffmann, and Kristin, Orion, Gunnar (Cat), and Koa Hoffmann; great great nieces and nephews Colin and Chantel Montoya and Brody Hoffmann; step great great nieces, Erica (Kyle) Frandsen and Alicia Montoya; and step great great great niece, Kinleigh Frandsen. She had a very rewarding career with Mountain Bell as the Employment Manager and retired in 1970. It was then that she started her career in community service and vast volunteer work for the Pueblo community. In 1999, she was Senior Citizen of the Year for Pueblo County. She was know as “the bear lady” for collecting hundreds of bears for the Pueblo Police Department’s Hug-A-Bear Program, a project adopted by the Telephone Company Pioneers. She was very active in service to the YWCA Women’s’ Shelter, and was a Pueblo Zoo docent, something always very dear to her heart. She was a member of Pilot Club, DAR Arkansas Valley Chapter, Archeology Club, and was very active in Wesley United Methodist Church. She belonged to Order of Eastern Star Pueblo Chapter No. 7, Order of Amaranth, and was Mother Advisor for Rainbow Girls. When Doris belonged to a club, she didn’t just “belong”, she was totally supportive and active in the group, holding numerous offices and spending monumental hours of volunteer service to whatever the group was involved in at the time, whether it involved taking zoo animals to schools for programs or serving as an after school mentor, holding birthday parties monthly at nursing homes, or helping the less fortunate at the YWCA Women’s’ Shelter or serving food at the Community Soup Kitchen. She received many honors over the years including the Sunshine Award for Outstanding Work for the Benefit of the Pueblo Community in 1983, YWCA Rose Marie Martinez Award in 1993, YWCA Outstanding Woman of 1995, Senior Citizen of the Year for Pueblo County in 1999, DAR Outstanding Woman of 2003, YWCA Volunteer of the Year Award in 2004, and Colorado State Fair Silver Queen runner-up in 2012. She also loved to read, which was ultimately impossible due to developing macular degeneration. She was a worldwide traveler visiting all over Europe, Russia, Africa, Puerto Rico, Greece, Mexico, and numerous states and had many stories to share with others about her travels. For those who wish to honor Doris, contributions may be made to the Pueblo Zoo, YWCA Women’s Shelter, or to a charity of your choice. Honoring her wishes and pre-need arrangements, no viewing, visitation, or services.
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