Doris A. Southard

Doris A. Southard, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, December 29, 2011, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. She was born September 2, 1920 in Clarksville, Iowa, the daughter of Fred and Frieda (Freese) Kramer. Doris married Talmage Southard on May 19, 1941 in Waterloo, Iowa. He preceded her in death on August 3, 2005. Doris attended Clarksville School and brailed for the blind for over forty years at the Iowa School for the Blind. She also resurrected the Belgian art of lace making, authoring the instruction manual "Lessons in Bobbin Lace Making". Doris taught students worldwide via correspondence and travelled the country for speaking engagements for many years. On May 11, 1950, Doris came to know the Lord through the truth of Isaiah 53:6, and not long afterward was baptized and received into fellowship with Christians at the Gospel Hall in Stout. Survivors include her son, Ron (Carole) Southard, of Buena Vista, Colorado; her former daughter-in-law, Lynda Southard, of Aplington; four grandchildren, Bridgett (Clyde) Johnson of West Bend, Iowa, Kim (John) Koch of Aplington, Mitch (Tracey Rideout) Southard of Austin, Texas and Heather (Chad) Pruisner of Parkersburg, Iowa; eight great grandchildren, and a brother, Carl (Valgean) Kramer, of Brooklyn, New York. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers, Alfred and Edward Kramer. Services will be 10:30 am Tuesday, January 3, 2012, at Stout Gospel Hall, Stout, Iowa, with burial at Butler Center Cemetery near Allison, Iowa. Visitation will be 47:00 pm Monday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home in Cedar Falls, and one hour before the service at the Gospel Hall. A memorial fund will be established. Online condolences may be left at www.DahlFuneralHome.com.