Doris Mason Dominic

Doris loved her family, friends and her kitties. Getting together for a meal with family and friends was an all time favorite. She fully enjoyed life with grace and kindness. Doris was very intellectually minded with a keen witty sense of humor. Doris was a dear friend, always lending an ear to listen or offer advice. She loved her time with friends and groups Red Hat Ruby Teazers and then her Lunch Bunch Group. She also looked forward to her time with NARFE enjoying their meetings and seminars each month. Doris was so proud of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She could remember every birthday including the year of birth. She had an incredible memory which was kept sharp by attending college classes for seniors at Duke and NC state as well as keeping up with all the latest technology.

Doris was proud of being the only woman in her graduating class when she earned her Chemistry degree from Michigan State. She is a forever Spartan and cheered them along in football her entire life. Doris worked hard but looked at life as a treasure, fulfilling her time with travels and fishing on the Great Lakes throughout the summer with her sister Margo, brother in law Bill and her son John and getting a Golden Cadillac.

Doris’s home always had a resident kitty or two along with endless hot coffee, chocolate, a bottle of red wine in the cabinet and a freezer of full fresh fish - her secret to a long life!

Doris was preceded in death by her first husband Rex Jerrim. They were married 23 years and had 4 children. Doris was also preceded in death by her second husband Joseph Dominic and they were married for 20 years.

Doris is survived by her children John Jerrim (spouse Beverly), Sharon Swanson, Gary Jerrim (spouse Pat) and Sandra Thornton (spouse Jerry), her sister Margo Mason Schafer as well as Joe’s children, Janet Dominic Knott (spouse Terry), David Dominic (spouse Ruth) 11 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, a donation to the American Cancer Society could be made in Doris’s honor, by using the link "Donations'.

A funeral service was held Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of Mitchell Funeral Home. Officiating was Rev. Craig Gaither. Burial followed at Raleigh Memorial Park.

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