Doris Ann Leslie, 80, of Puxico, Mo., daughter of the late Delbert and Mildred Ashbaugh Townsend, was born in Puxico, Sept. 9, 1937, and passed away at the Puxico Nursing & Rehab Center in Puxico Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018.
Doris had lived in Granite City, Ill., and Sioux Falls, S.D. before moving to Puxico in 1985. She had worked in commercial laundry service. She enjoyed cooking and gardening.
On Oct. 1, 1955 in Tunica, Miss., she married James Leslie. He survives in the home in Puxico.
Surviving are three daughters, Joan Frintz of House Springs, Mo., Karen Woods of Farmington, Mo., and Carol Harrington, of Ballwin, Mo.; one grandson, Jason Woods; one great-granddaughter, Coty Woods; one sister, Donna Reining of Mesa, Ariz. Other relatives and many friends also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Sharon Holem and one brother, John MacDonald Townsend.
Visitation was from 10 a.m.- noon. Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. Funeral services was at noon Tuesday. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico with Bro. Buck Cruse of Puxico officiating. Interment will be in the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo. with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be made at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com.
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