Doris Evelyn Carter Wolf

Doris Evelyn Carter Wolf of Smithville, Texas formerly of Kansas City, Missouri died on Tuesday, June 3rd at the Towers Nursing Home in Smithville. She was 97.

Doris was born on October 13, 1911 in Independence, Kansas, the oldest of 10 children born to John and Sarah Jane Hendrix Carter. All have preceded her in death, as well as her husband, William Wolf in l986 and two infant children.

Doris lived most of her early life in Unionville, Missouri. After graduation from high school, she enrolled in the Research Hospital School of Nursing in Kansas City and graduated as an RN in l934. She remained active in her nursing career until well into her 70's.

She is survived by her daughter, Ellen Wolf Needels and son in law, Duane of Elgin, Texas; 3 granddaughters, Michelle Dobbs of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Melissa Sloan of Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Megan Jackson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and 7 great grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Research Hospital Foundation for Nursing School Scholarship Program 2316 E. Meyer Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64132.

Funeral Service

Funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 8, 2009 at Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee, with interment to follow at Resurrection Cemetery in Lenexa, Kansas.