Obituary for Doris Jean Puckering (Elliott)
Doris Jean Puckering – April 3, 1920 – February 4, 2023.
Born in Eureka, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Doris moved as a young child along with her mother and siblings to Peterborough, Ontario to be reunited with her father who had moved several years earlier to find work as a stationary engineer. Growing up there she was a proud graduate of Peterborough Collegiate Institute. Upon graduation she went to work for Quaker Oats. During World War II, she worked for A.V. Rowe in Malton, Ontario building Lancaster bombers. Yes, she was an original “Rosie the Riveter”! During this time her parents and younger sister moved to Inglewood, Ontario and it was there that she met her future husband of more than fifty years, Art Puckering, and they built a house and lived along Highway 10 in Caledon for many years.
In addition to raising her four children she also helped to manage her husband’s earth moving business and was very active in the Inglewood community as a 4H leader, Sunday School teacher, United Church elder and member of the UCW. Following her husband’s passing she moved to Orangeville, making many new friendships, and becoming active in the community helping with school meals for a time and participating in aqua fit classes well into her nineties. When she was no longer able to live independently in her late nineties she moved into assisted living in Mississauga where she lived out her final years.
In addition to her mother Christy and father Waldron Elliot, and husband Art, Doris was predeceased by her son George, son in law David Lee, grandson Jason Puckering, brothers Austin and John Elliott and sister Muriel DeCarlo. She is survived by sons John (Jean) and Jim (Lorraine), daughter Shirley (David), daughter in law Brenda (George), and sister Barbara Everson as well as 6 grandchildren. 10 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Her family would like to thank the staffs at Walden Circle Retirement Community, Credit Valley Hospital, and the McCall Centre for Continuing Care for their compassionate care.
Cremation has taken place and a private interment will be held in the spring.
Born in Eureka, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Doris moved as a young child along with her mother and siblings to Peterborough, Ontario to be reunited with her father who had moved several years earlier to find work as a stationary engineer. Growing up there she was a proud graduate of Peterborough Collegiate Institute. Upon graduation she went to work for Quaker Oats. During World War II, she worked for A.V. Rowe in Malton, Ontario building Lancaster bombers. Yes, she was an original “Rosie the Riveter”! During this time her parents and younger sister moved to Inglewood, Ontario and it was there that she met her future husband of more than fifty years, Art Puckering, and they built a house and lived along Highway 10 in Caledon for many years.
In addition to raising her four children she also helped to manage her husband’s earth moving business and was very active in the Inglewood community as a 4H leader, Sunday School teacher, United Church elder and member of the UCW. Following her husband’s passing she moved to Orangeville, making many new friendships, and becoming active in the community helping with school meals for a time and participating in aqua fit classes well into her nineties. When she was no longer able to live independently in her late nineties she moved into assisted living in Mississauga where she lived out her final years.
In addition to her mother Christy and father Waldron Elliot, and husband Art, Doris was predeceased by her son George, son in law David Lee, grandson Jason Puckering, brothers Austin and John Elliott and sister Muriel DeCarlo. She is survived by sons John (Jean) and Jim (Lorraine), daughter Shirley (David), daughter in law Brenda (George), and sister Barbara Everson as well as 6 grandchildren. 10 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Her family would like to thank the staffs at Walden Circle Retirement Community, Credit Valley Hospital, and the McCall Centre for Continuing Care for their compassionate care.
Cremation has taken place and a private interment will be held in the spring.