Doris Joan “Jo” Pruitt age 92 passed away peacefully on February 20, 2022 with family by her side. She was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.
Doris was born on December 24, 1929 in Phillips County to Warren Lemuel and Nora Helen (Chance) VanEaton. She enjoyed time spent with two big brothers, and later, a younger sister.
Left to celebrate her life include daughters Jolene Deisher of Woodward, Oklahoma, Melanie Pruitt-Tillberg (Michael) of Salina, Kansas; sister Carmen Rice of Kensington, Kansas; and many nieces & nephews.
Doris loved the name of Grandma and was thrilled to be a Grandma to five: Jennifer (Jeff), Tammy (Mark), Ben, Abe, and Chase (Kalina).
She was so proud to be a Great-Grandma to seven: Jeremy, Jentry, Lauren, Landon, Seth, Wyatt, and Hunter.
Doris felt especially blessed to be a Great-Great-Grandma to four: Emma, Ben, Aubrey, and Syrus,
Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her spouse, Rollo Wayne “R.W.” Pruitt; her son, Charles “Chuck” Pruitt; son-in-law, Doug Deisher; and brothers, Merton VanEaton & Burton “Herb” VanEaton.
Doris is a member of the VFW Auxiliary. She loved to cook for her family, play cards, and she made many treasured patchwork blankets for her family and friends.
The family requests that memorials be made to Service Dogs for Wounded Warriors, The Salina Animal Shelter, and Hospice of Salina.
Funeral services for Doris were at 10 a.m. Monday, February 28, 2022 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 255 South 7th St. Burial was in the Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina.
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