Doris Elaine Williams

WILLIAMS — Doris Elaine (Jauch)

1931–2017

Doris Elaine (Jauch) Williams, a resident of Portland, Ore., passed away on Aug. 5, 2017, at the age of 86. She leaves behind her children, Celene Williams Cross and Grant and Cecily Williams Geschke; her grandchildren, Sydney Cross, Joel Cross and Annika Geschke; her brother, Bob Jauch; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard “Dick” Williams, and both of her parents, Ernest and Sadie Boss Jauch.

Doris retired in 1990 after 36 years of teaching both first and second grades almost her whole career in both private and public schools. She was born in Lodi, Calif., and resided in the state until moving to Sandpoint, Idaho, in 1979. She attended high school at Lodi Adventist Academy and college at Pacific Union College in Angwin, Calif. After their grandchildren were born, Dick and Doris moved to McMinnville, Ore., where Doris lived until Dick’s passing in 2016. She moved to Portland in February 2016 and resided close to her daughters and family.