THE PERSONAL PHOTOS ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE THE PROPERTY OF CONNIE PUNDY-MARTIN. Please feel free to copy the photos for personal use in your genealogy.
THANK YOU FOR USING THIS CITATION WHEN USING PHOTOGRAPHS OR PERSONAL WRITINGS: Photo/document provided by Connie Pundy-Martin, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry."
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Biographical Sketch of Doris Pauline Pack (11 Feb 1905 - 3 Sep 1996):
Doris was born February 5, 1905 in Cedar Vale, Kansas, the oldest of four children (1 girl and 3 boys) born to Rufus Fountain Pack and Bertha Moore.
Doris was a very small child who only weighed twenty-five pounds when she started school at the age of six years. In her high school senior year book, her ambition in life was to "grow tall." Apparently, at least a portion of this wish came true. When she graduated from high school at age nineteen years, she was only 4 foot and 9 inches tall, but according to what she told me and wrote in her books, she grew another 3 inches after graduation.
Mom lived all of her childhood years in Cedar Vale, Kansas but made many visits to her grandparents and aunts and uncles farms near Cedar Vale. She loved the farms and told many stories of good times playing with her aunts, uncles, and cousins by the dozens. Especially good times were had playing with her beloved Uncle Archie who was only 5 and a half years older.
Doris Pauline Pack married Claude Ray West on July 18, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas. Five children were born of this unionAt the present time there are 57 direct descendants of Doris and Ray West: 5 children, 21 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren with two more due any day.
An interesting fact told by Doris is that a record cold of 24 degrees below zero had been set on only 2 days in Kansas: February 5, 1905 and January 24, 1899 (the dates of the births of Claude Ray West and Doris Pauline Pack). Another interesting fact is that Doris saw Halley's Comet twice during her lifetime, the first in 1910 when she was 5 years old and the second on April 12, 1986 at age 81. A certificate from the International Halley's Second Time Around Comet Club was issued her in 1986. Doris stated that at the second viewing the comet seemed smaller.
Because of the "Deep Depression" in the early years of their marriage and all through the births of their five children, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona seeking more clement weather and the in hope of being better able to support their family. Their early years in Arizona didn't prove to be much better financially, but the weather was more to their liking.
Doris was an avid reader and writer. Much of the family history we have gleaned we owe to her writings and fabulous memory.
Doris died September 3, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 91 years, having outlived all three of her younger brothers. After funeral services for Doris, the five of her children gathered in her home in Phoenix and began to sort her writings. We discovered boxes and stacks of writings she had stored in various places. We were all very excited at what we found. At the present count, there are 2956 poems, 6 books of her life, and numerous short stories and musings. In this collection of poems are many of the most beautiful children's poems anyone would ever want their children or grand children to read.
Mom was also one who never forgot anyone's birthday. Everyone in her large extended family, as well as her wealth of friends, always received a birthday card from her, usually with a personal poem enclosed. At the Pack family reunion in Cedar Vale, Kansas in 1990, Aaron Pack, who was acting as the master of ceremonies, asked for anyone who had never received a birthday card from "Aunt Doris", to please stand. Not one person stood.
I believe Doris Pauline Pack-West takes great pride, as she watches from above with Our Heavenly Father, to know of the joy her writings bring to our lives and will forever bring to the lives of our descendants and that family lineage lives on in our hearts and minds as a tribute to our forefathers and the sacrifices they made to bring us to this great land she so adored.
--Carol Cathryn West-Davis (daughter), Dec 2000
[Document owner: Connie Pundy-Martin, granddaughter, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry"]
THANK YOU FOR USING THIS CITATION WHEN USING PHOTOGRAPHS OR PERSONAL WRITINGS: Photo/document provided by Connie Pundy-Martin, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry."
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Biographical Sketch of Doris Pauline Pack (11 Feb 1905 - 3 Sep 1996):
Doris was born February 5, 1905 in Cedar Vale, Kansas, the oldest of four children (1 girl and 3 boys) born to Rufus Fountain Pack and Bertha Moore.
Doris was a very small child who only weighed twenty-five pounds when she started school at the age of six years. In her high school senior year book, her ambition in life was to "grow tall." Apparently, at least a portion of this wish came true. When she graduated from high school at age nineteen years, she was only 4 foot and 9 inches tall, but according to what she told me and wrote in her books, she grew another 3 inches after graduation.
Mom lived all of her childhood years in Cedar Vale, Kansas but made many visits to her grandparents and aunts and uncles farms near Cedar Vale. She loved the farms and told many stories of good times playing with her aunts, uncles, and cousins by the dozens. Especially good times were had playing with her beloved Uncle Archie who was only 5 and a half years older.
Doris Pauline Pack married Claude Ray West on July 18, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas. Five children were born of this unionAt the present time there are 57 direct descendants of Doris and Ray West: 5 children, 21 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren with two more due any day.
An interesting fact told by Doris is that a record cold of 24 degrees below zero had been set on only 2 days in Kansas: February 5, 1905 and January 24, 1899 (the dates of the births of Claude Ray West and Doris Pauline Pack). Another interesting fact is that Doris saw Halley's Comet twice during her lifetime, the first in 1910 when she was 5 years old and the second on April 12, 1986 at age 81. A certificate from the International Halley's Second Time Around Comet Club was issued her in 1986. Doris stated that at the second viewing the comet seemed smaller.
Because of the "Deep Depression" in the early years of their marriage and all through the births of their five children, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona seeking more clement weather and the in hope of being better able to support their family. Their early years in Arizona didn't prove to be much better financially, but the weather was more to their liking.
Doris was an avid reader and writer. Much of the family history we have gleaned we owe to her writings and fabulous memory.
Doris died September 3, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 91 years, having outlived all three of her younger brothers. After funeral services for Doris, the five of her children gathered in her home in Phoenix and began to sort her writings. We discovered boxes and stacks of writings she had stored in various places. We were all very excited at what we found. At the present count, there are 2956 poems, 6 books of her life, and numerous short stories and musings. In this collection of poems are many of the most beautiful children's poems anyone would ever want their children or grand children to read.
Mom was also one who never forgot anyone's birthday. Everyone in her large extended family, as well as her wealth of friends, always received a birthday card from her, usually with a personal poem enclosed. At the Pack family reunion in Cedar Vale, Kansas in 1990, Aaron Pack, who was acting as the master of ceremonies, asked for anyone who had never received a birthday card from "Aunt Doris", to please stand. Not one person stood.
I believe Doris Pauline Pack-West takes great pride, as she watches from above with Our Heavenly Father, to know of the joy her writings bring to our lives and will forever bring to the lives of our descendants and that family lineage lives on in our hearts and minds as a tribute to our forefathers and the sacrifices they made to bring us to this great land she so adored.
--Carol Cathryn West-Davis (daughter), Dec 2000
[Document owner: Connie Pundy-Martin, granddaughter, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry"]
THE PERSONAL PHOTOS ON THIS MEMORIAL ARE THE PROPERTY OF CONNIE PUNDY-MARTIN. Please feel free to copy the photos for personal use in your genealogy.
THANK YOU FOR USING THIS CITATION WHEN USING PHOTOGRAPHS OR PERSONAL WRITINGS: Photo/document provided by Connie Pundy-Martin, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry."
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Biographical Sketch of Doris Pauline Pack (11 Feb 1905 - 3 Sep 1996):
Doris was born February 5, 1905 in Cedar Vale, Kansas, the oldest of four children (1 girl and 3 boys) born to Rufus Fountain Pack and Bertha Moore.
Doris was a very small child who only weighed twenty-five pounds when she started school at the age of six years. In her high school senior year book, her ambition in life was to "grow tall." Apparently, at least a portion of this wish came true. When she graduated from high school at age nineteen years, she was only 4 foot and 9 inches tall, but according to what she told me and wrote in her books, she grew another 3 inches after graduation.
Mom lived all of her childhood years in Cedar Vale, Kansas but made many visits to her grandparents and aunts and uncles farms near Cedar Vale. She loved the farms and told many stories of good times playing with her aunts, uncles, and cousins by the dozens. Especially good times were had playing with her beloved Uncle Archie who was only 5 and a half years older.
Doris Pauline Pack married Claude Ray West on July 18, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas. Five children were born of this unionAt the present time there are 57 direct descendants of Doris and Ray West: 5 children, 21 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren with two more due any day.
An interesting fact told by Doris is that a record cold of 24 degrees below zero had been set on only 2 days in Kansas: February 5, 1905 and January 24, 1899 (the dates of the births of Claude Ray West and Doris Pauline Pack). Another interesting fact is that Doris saw Halley's Comet twice during her lifetime, the first in 1910 when she was 5 years old and the second on April 12, 1986 at age 81. A certificate from the International Halley's Second Time Around Comet Club was issued her in 1986. Doris stated that at the second viewing the comet seemed smaller.
Because of the "Deep Depression" in the early years of their marriage and all through the births of their five children, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona seeking more clement weather and the in hope of being better able to support their family. Their early years in Arizona didn't prove to be much better financially, but the weather was more to their liking.
Doris was an avid reader and writer. Much of the family history we have gleaned we owe to her writings and fabulous memory.
Doris died September 3, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 91 years, having outlived all three of her younger brothers. After funeral services for Doris, the five of her children gathered in her home in Phoenix and began to sort her writings. We discovered boxes and stacks of writings she had stored in various places. We were all very excited at what we found. At the present count, there are 2956 poems, 6 books of her life, and numerous short stories and musings. In this collection of poems are many of the most beautiful children's poems anyone would ever want their children or grand children to read.
Mom was also one who never forgot anyone's birthday. Everyone in her large extended family, as well as her wealth of friends, always received a birthday card from her, usually with a personal poem enclosed. At the Pack family reunion in Cedar Vale, Kansas in 1990, Aaron Pack, who was acting as the master of ceremonies, asked for anyone who had never received a birthday card from "Aunt Doris", to please stand. Not one person stood.
I believe Doris Pauline Pack-West takes great pride, as she watches from above with Our Heavenly Father, to know of the joy her writings bring to our lives and will forever bring to the lives of our descendants and that family lineage lives on in our hearts and minds as a tribute to our forefathers and the sacrifices they made to bring us to this great land she so adored.
--Carol Cathryn West-Davis (daughter), Dec 2000
[Document owner: Connie Pundy-Martin, granddaughter, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry"]
THANK YOU FOR USING THIS CITATION WHEN USING PHOTOGRAPHS OR PERSONAL WRITINGS: Photo/document provided by Connie Pundy-Martin, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry."
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Biographical Sketch of Doris Pauline Pack (11 Feb 1905 - 3 Sep 1996):
Doris was born February 5, 1905 in Cedar Vale, Kansas, the oldest of four children (1 girl and 3 boys) born to Rufus Fountain Pack and Bertha Moore.
Doris was a very small child who only weighed twenty-five pounds when she started school at the age of six years. In her high school senior year book, her ambition in life was to "grow tall." Apparently, at least a portion of this wish came true. When she graduated from high school at age nineteen years, she was only 4 foot and 9 inches tall, but according to what she told me and wrote in her books, she grew another 3 inches after graduation.
Mom lived all of her childhood years in Cedar Vale, Kansas but made many visits to her grandparents and aunts and uncles farms near Cedar Vale. She loved the farms and told many stories of good times playing with her aunts, uncles, and cousins by the dozens. Especially good times were had playing with her beloved Uncle Archie who was only 5 and a half years older.
Doris Pauline Pack married Claude Ray West on July 18, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas. Five children were born of this unionAt the present time there are 57 direct descendants of Doris and Ray West: 5 children, 21 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren with two more due any day.
An interesting fact told by Doris is that a record cold of 24 degrees below zero had been set on only 2 days in Kansas: February 5, 1905 and January 24, 1899 (the dates of the births of Claude Ray West and Doris Pauline Pack). Another interesting fact is that Doris saw Halley's Comet twice during her lifetime, the first in 1910 when she was 5 years old and the second on April 12, 1986 at age 81. A certificate from the International Halley's Second Time Around Comet Club was issued her in 1986. Doris stated that at the second viewing the comet seemed smaller.
Because of the "Deep Depression" in the early years of their marriage and all through the births of their five children, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona seeking more clement weather and the in hope of being better able to support their family. Their early years in Arizona didn't prove to be much better financially, but the weather was more to their liking.
Doris was an avid reader and writer. Much of the family history we have gleaned we owe to her writings and fabulous memory.
Doris died September 3, 1996 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 91 years, having outlived all three of her younger brothers. After funeral services for Doris, the five of her children gathered in her home in Phoenix and began to sort her writings. We discovered boxes and stacks of writings she had stored in various places. We were all very excited at what we found. At the present count, there are 2956 poems, 6 books of her life, and numerous short stories and musings. In this collection of poems are many of the most beautiful children's poems anyone would ever want their children or grand children to read.
Mom was also one who never forgot anyone's birthday. Everyone in her large extended family, as well as her wealth of friends, always received a birthday card from her, usually with a personal poem enclosed. At the Pack family reunion in Cedar Vale, Kansas in 1990, Aaron Pack, who was acting as the master of ceremonies, asked for anyone who had never received a birthday card from "Aunt Doris", to please stand. Not one person stood.
I believe Doris Pauline Pack-West takes great pride, as she watches from above with Our Heavenly Father, to know of the joy her writings bring to our lives and will forever bring to the lives of our descendants and that family lineage lives on in our hearts and minds as a tribute to our forefathers and the sacrifices they made to bring us to this great land she so adored.
--Carol Cathryn West-Davis (daughter), Dec 2000
[Document owner: Connie Pundy-Martin, granddaughter, "Colorful Patterns of a Family Romance Tapestry"]
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