Doris Martha (Sherratt) Burkholder passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 at The Good Samaritan Society in Hays, Kansas at the age of 101. She was born on August 23, 1916 in Nederland, Colorado to the late Isaiah and Clara (Wilkes) Sherratt. She grew up in Hanna, Wyoming and graduated from high school with the Class of 1934. On March 3, 1944 she was united in marriage to Clarence Robert “Bob” Burkholder in San Diego, California. They were blessed with three sons, Stephen, Robert, and Bruce.
Doris worked many years as secretary, both for the church and for an insurance agency. She was a true “people person” and loved talking, visiting, helping, and serving the people in her community. An avid fan of the arts, she had a heart for music and enjoyed playing the violin and singing in the church choir. Even into her sixties she was always looking for creative venues, and became quite accomplished at Tole Painting. As a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker she loved her family more than anyone else and always looked forward to times when she could cook for them. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Doris is survived by her sons Robert Leon Burkholder and wife Michael D. of Rio Rancho, NM, and Bruce Lee Burkholder and fiancé Linda S. Ruder of Hays; seven grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; and seventeen great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Isaiah and Clara Sherratt; husband Bob Burkholder; brothers Harry Sherratt, and William Sherratt; sister Beverly Sherratt; and son Stephen Sherratt Burkholder.
As a woman of deep faith, and a student of her Bible, Doris was a woman of character, integrity, and love, inspired by women of the scriptures. The devotion of Adah, morality of Ruth, loyalty of Esther, perseverance of Martha, and strength of Electa was the very life that Doris shared with us by her daily example. She has made an impact in the lives of countless people, that will echo into eternity, where indeed she now stands the “Fairest Among Thousands, Altogether Lovely.”
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at the United Methodist Church in Plainville. Burial will follow in the Plainville City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00pm on Monday at the funeral home in Plainville with family receiving friends from 6:00-8:00pm.