Doris Huffhines Gleason's Obituary
Doris Huffhines Gleason, loyal and treasured wife, mother and mother in law, caring and cherished grandmother, kind and admired friend, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016. She was born February 15, 1924, in Dallas to John Earle and Bessie Barnett Huffhines. She was a 1941 graduate of North Dallas High School. In 1954, Doris married Jerry F. Gleason. The couple were married 61 years at the time of his death, November 21, 2015. During one period of Jerry’s longtime career in the oil industry, the couple left Texas, spending 13 years on the East Coast raising their two daughters before returning to Dallas where they eventually retired. During retirement, Doris loved travels abroad with Jerry, visiting many countries in Asia and Europe, including China. She most recently fulfilled a longtime dream of cruising Alaska. Doris was most popular among her three granddaughters and family and friends for her love of genealogy of which she passionately spent hours studying and researching. Her devotion inspired her to write the book, The Search for the Ancestry of Joseph Forman, published in 2011. In addition to her husband and parents, Doris also is preceded in death by beloved daughters, Nancy Gleason Taylor and Patricia Lynn Gleason, and two sisters, Frances Finklea and Marjorie Griffing. She leaves behind to hold her legacy and beautiful life daughter and son in law, Shannon Gleason Dion and Eric Dion; granddaughters, Erin and Megan Dion and Lauren Taylor; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Holy Communion, 17405 Muirfield Drive, Dallas 75287. Burial will follow at Restland Funeral Home in Dallas. The service for Billie Gleason will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 5, 2016 at The Church of the Holy Communion. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Restland Funeral Home and Memorial Park, 13005 Greenville Avenue, at Restland Road, Dallas, TX 75243. Memorial donations may be sent to Church of the Holy Communion or the charity of one’s choice.
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