Doris M. Kaiser, 87, of Excelsior Springs, died Dec. 1, 2020, at home surrounded by her loving family.

Doris was born April 29, 1933, to the late Herbert E. and Ruth E. Shadwick Dungan. On Sept. 24, 1950, she married her husband of 52 years, Thomas L. Kaiser, in Wooldridge.

She worked at the Linda Lane Sewing Factory in Excelsior Springs for several years and then worked as a seamstress from home, doing alterations and making wedding dresses and formal attire. She also worked at the at the local Job Corps.

She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Excelsior Springs.

She is survived by two daughters, Cathie Holman and husband Rick Holman of Excelsior Springs, Patti Gates and husband David Gates of Olathe, Kansas; one son, Keith Kaiser of Excelsior Springs; two grandchildren, Amber Cox and husband Scott Cox of Kansas City, and Eric Holman and Bonnie Griffin of Excelsior Springs; a brother, Dale Dungan, of Stover; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Joe Kaiser; seven brothers, Jack, Ralph, Truman, Bill, Frank, Roger and Herbert Dungan; five sisters, Mildred Dungan, Peggy Bullard, Ruth Thompson, and Betty Cundiff, and Hazel Purvis.

Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4, graveside at Excelsior Springs Crown Hill Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Lumicare Hospice in Blue Springs or the Excelsior Springs Church of the Nazarene.