Doris J. Fosbenner, 88, of Quakertown, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024, at Phoebe Richland, where she had resided for fifteen years.
Born on June 20, 1936, in Telford, she was a daughter of the late Norman and Emily (Schlectic) Gehman.
A graduate of Pennridge High School, Doris went on to join the workforce. Her employment history was eclectic: She worked at a cigar store, as a housekeeper at a hotel, and finally as a bus driver for Levy Bus Company, driving for the Quakertown School District.
She was a member of St. Peter’s Tohickon United Church of Christ.
In her later years, she found joy in the numerous activities offered at Phoebe—often the first one in attendance. She enjoyed bingo, arts and crafts, group exercise, and planned outings, to name a few. Her participation in these activities demonstrated her determination to remain active, not letting her physical impairments slow her down.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of sixty-eight years: Kenneth Fosbenner, who died in 2018; and two sons: Michael Fosbenner, who died in 2014, and Brian Fosbenner, who died in 2021.
Doris will be lovingly remembered by one son: Dennis Fosbenner; her daughter: Karen Vivian and her husband Andrew; one daughter-in-law: Marianne Fosbenner; two sisters: Gladys Fisher and her husband Charles Kratz; Nancy Fuller and her husband Jerry; her brother: Donald Gehman and his wife Lucille; eight grandchildren: Parker, Nicholas (Hayley), and Noah Vivian; Samantha, Corey, and Kayla Fosbenner; and Tara and Michael Fosbenner; as well as several great-grandchildren.
A visitation will be held at the C.R. Strunk Funeral Home, Inc., 821 West Broad Street, Quakertown, PA, on Monday, August 12, 2024, from 10:00am until the time of the funeral service, in the funeral home, at 11:00am.
Interment will follow in Tohickon Union Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made, in Doris’s memory, to St. Peter’s Tohickon United Church of Christ, 1071 Old Bethlehem Road, Perkasie, PA 18944.
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