Doris E. Zweber | January 25, 1929 - October 12, 2022
Obituaries-Pierre / Posted Oct 14, 2022 | 6:29 AM / 248 views
Doris E. Zweber, 93, of Hoven, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at the Bowdle Hospital.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 17, 2022, at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Hoven, with Father Darin Schmidt presiding. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Doris Elizabeth Beringer, daughter of Frank and Gertrude (Schmidt) Beringer, was born in Hoven on January 25, 1929. She was raised in Hoven where she received her formal education at St. Bernard’s Parochial School and Hoven High School, graduating with the class of 1947. She continued her education at Northern State University in Aberdeen for one year. She then worked in Sioux Falls for one year.
On January 5, 1949, Doris married Ray Zweber. They farmed outside of Hoven, where they raised their three boys.
Ray and Doris moved to Pierre in 1970, where she worked as a cook for the Pierre Hospital and later as a clerk at the Pierre Red Owl Store, which she loved. They moved back to Hoven in 1990, where she spent the remainder of her life. She was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church and St. Anthony’s Altar Society.
Doris will always be remembered for her love of playing cards, quilting, and embroidering dish towels. She enjoyed all visitors, especially her three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She had a beautiful smile and warm welcome for anyone who came to her home.
Doris’ life will be cherished by her three sons: Bill (Donna) of Hoven, Dale of Custer, and Richard of Maricopa, Arizona; three grandchildren: Jesse (Denise) and Josie of Hoven, and Jeff (Brittany) of Brookings; six great grandchildren: Bailey (Gregg), Zoey, and Jonney of Hoven, Cade, Blaine, and Nash of Brookings; one sister, Bette Schaefer of Hoven; and one brother, Dan (Mona) Beringer of Mesa, Arizona.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2002; parents; three brothers: Bill, Jim, and Jack; father and mother-in-law, Peter and Anna Zweber; and brother-in-law, Albin Schaefer.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Doris’ arrangements
