Doris Marie Southwick Katz of Southampton Estates and formerly of Richboro died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 at Abington Memorial Hospital. She was 86.
She was the beloved wife of the late Walton O. Katz.
Born in Riverside, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Joseph S. and Edna Marie Perry Southwick.
Mrs. Katz has been a resident of Southampton Estates for over 20 years. She was an avid reader and a good natured person and nurturing mother and grandmother. She enjoyed volunteering at Southampton Estates delivering mail and spending time with residents in the medical unit playing games, delivering water, and sharing stories. She was also a founding and active member of the Nintendo Wii Bowling League at the Estates. She will be sorely missed by everyone who has come to know and love her for the person that she was.
Doris is survived by her loving son and daughter-in-law W. James and Dotty Katz of Warminster, her grand daughter Ronte Melvin, and many friends at Southampton Estates.
Relatives and Friends are invited to offer condolences on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 from 10:00AM until her Funeral Service 11:00AM at St. John’s United Methodist Church 820 Almshouse Rd. Ivyland PA 18974. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery, Richboro, PA
In lieu of flowers contributions in her memory may be made to the American Lung Association, 527 Plymouth Road Suite 403, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.