Doris A. (Baker) Stauffer

MILTON – Doris A. Stauffer, age 100, of Milton and Broadkill Beach, passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2024.

Doris was born to Ollie H. and Mary L. Baker, in Georgetown. She graduated from Georgetown High School with the Class of 1942. After graduation, she worked for over 33 years as a bookkeeper and office manager for the State of Delaware Department of Corrections at the Sussex Correctional Institution.

Doris thoroughly enjoyed the summers, for 62 years, with friends and family at Broadkill Beach. She loved the Beach, and fishing on the Delaware Bay with her husband. She also enjoyed traveling, taking walks, bike riding, sewing, and crocheting. She and her husband of 72 years loved snow skiing and skied well into their late sixties and early seventies.

In addition to her parents, Doris is preceded in death by her husband, Walter E. Stauffer, and siblings, Dorothy B. Green, Helen Hurst, Ollie Baker, Jr., and Charles Baker.

She is survived by her nieces, Judy Moore (Danny), Kelly Wilson (Steve), Kim Hudson (John), Karen Willey (Scott), Kathy Farro (John), and nephews, Rocky Green (LeeAnn), Brad Baker (Amparo) and David Baker.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00pm on Monday, December 30, 2024 in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 416 Federal Street, Milton, Del; where a time of visitation for family and friends will begin at Noon. Burial will follow at Henlopen Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are welcome to the American Cancer Society at https://www.donate.cancer.org

Online condolences are welcome for the family at www.shortfuneralservicesandcremation.com