Doris Lester Hoes

Doris was born in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas on August 18, 1928. She graduated from Diana High School and attended North Texas University in Denton, studying elementary education. She met Herbert Hoes while at college. They married December 22, 1948, then moved to Salsburg, Germany. They returned to Denton in 1950, lived in Houston, Lake Jackson, Austin, Big Spring, Ft. Worth, and in 1966 settled in San Antonio. Doris taught in elementary schools, primarily San Antonio, for 32 years, educating and loving many, many children.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Holly Burton Lester and Gracie Plummer-Lester; brother, Charles Lester; and her beloved husband of 43 years, Herbert Hoes. She is survived by daughter, Sheila Hoes and fiancée Michael Kollias, granddaughter Britnye Reynolds and her husband Shayne; great-grandson Gatlin Reynolds; sister-in-law Joyce Webb Lester-Warne, nephew Ted Lester, nieces Eleese Lester, Nancy Gillett and her husband David, great-nieces Heather and Lesley Gillett, and great-nephew Brendan Gillett; sister-in-law Frances Weeks-Hoes, nephew Larry Hoes and his wife Debbie, great-nieces Kimberly Ann, Ashley and their families; sister-in-law Henrietta Kubicek-Hoes, nieces Linda Fontenot and her husband Kenneth, great-nieces Carrie Gutierrez, her husband and children, and Amanda Petter, her husband and children, Susan Karnes and her husband Burt,; great-niece Jennifer Karnes and family, great-nephew Seth Karnes and family; other close friends and family, Amy Byrd, Benny Martinez, Alexis Martinez, Letty Hernandez, Olga Vidales, Miriam Kollias, Rachel Kollias, Jim Dandridge, Leonietta Scruggs, Debra Alder, Janie Ponce, Delma D. Trice, Annette and Neil Hammond, Kathy and Mike Walker, Glenda Waters, Nola Sexton, and Travis Padilla.

Honorary Pallbearers at her service will be: Gatlin Reynolds, Shayne Reynolds, Michael Kollias, Ted Lester, James Dandridge, Kenneth Fontenot, Larry Hoes, David Gillett, Burt Karnes, Benny Martinez, James Alder, and Neil Hammond.