Doris Cundiff

Doris N. Cundiff, 93 of Kirksville passed away on November 26, 2017 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center.

She was born on April 8, 1924, the daughter of Ray P. Gardner and Alma Lee Humphrey Gardner, in Marceline, Missouri. The family soon moved to Kirksville, Missouri where she spent her childhood.

On June 18, 1960 she was married to William V. Cundiff who preceded her in death. Surviving are sons, Barry V. Cundiff and Kirby R. Cundiff, of Kirksville, MO; daughters-in-law, Audrey and Katlin; grandson, Brody; step-granddaughter Jasmine; sister-in-law, Nancy Boren of Centralia, MO; numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her sisters Evonne Mills, Carol Collier, Justine Stewart, brother-in-law, Chester Boren; and her parents.
Doris graduated from Kirksville High School in 1942 and attended Northeast Missouri State Teachers College from which she received a B.S. in Business Education and Music in 1945. She received a Master of Arts in General Business from Baylor University, Waco TX in 1953.
During her life Doris was a dedicated Piano Teacher in Kirksville, MO, a regular substitute teacher in the Kirksville Public Schools, and a volunteer at the A. T. Still University Museum of Osteopathic Medicine. She also taught at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO, at the high school in Bowling Green, Missouri, and at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, VA.

Doris was a member of the Kirksville First Baptist Church, the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Order of the Eastern Star Kirksville Chapter #184. For a number of years she was a volunteer leader for Recovery, Inc., a mental health self-help organization. Doris also frequently attended the First Christian Church in Kirksville, Missouri. Later in life, she regularly attended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Kirksville, MO.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home.

Visitation will be at the same location on Friday, December 15, 2017 from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Family will greet friends at that time.

Memorials are suggested to the Shriners Children’s Hospital or the Masonic Home of Missouri and may be left at or sent to the Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home, 2100 E. Shepherd Ave., Kirksville, MO 63501.