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- Birth: Oct. 23, 1924
Death: Sep. 26, 2009
Dorothy Driskell Behringer, 84, of Waco, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 at St. Catherine's Center. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, at Wilkirson-Hatch Bailey Chapel with the Rev. David Story officiating. Burial will follow at Lorena Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey.
Dorothy was born in Lorena, Texas, to the late Thomas and Merle Copeland. She grew up in Lorena and Mullen, Texas, and graduated salutatorian from Mullen High School in 1942. She worked for the United Way for 21 years as the Associate Executive Director. Dorothy was a member of Richfield Christian Church in Waco, a 38-year member of the American Business Women's Association, the Lorena Eastern Star and the Lorena Cemetery Association.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Joe Driskell and Bob Behringer; daughter, Virginia Swanson; grandddaughter, Lauren Kincer; and sisters, Catherine Copeland and Tommie Sue Boykin.
She is survived by her daughters, Debbie Kincer and husband, Steve, of Waco, and Nancy Rich and husband, Scot, of Corpus Christi; son-in-law, John J. Swanson, of Pennsylvania; grandchildren, Margaret Ann Swanson-Abendschien, Suzan Swanson, Melissa Linendoll, Jennifer Querrey and Jeffrey Atwell; six great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister, Frances Mirick, of Waco; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are Jeffrey Atwell, John Querry, Bryan Mirick, Doyle Bood, Jim McKethan and Steve Atwell. Honorary Pallbearers are Don, Randy and Bill Behringer.
A special loving thank you is expressed to St. Catherine's Hospice Staff for sharing in her journey.
Memorials may be made to Grant Story Fund in care of Richfield Christian Church.
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1924 - 2009 (84 years)
