Doris Reola DeMott

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Doris Reola DeMott, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, at the Olathe Medical Hospice House in Olathe, Kan. She was born Dec. 29, 1933, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Walter Eugene Knox and Hattie India Martin Knox. Doris graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1952. While in high school, she worked at the YMCA. This is where she met her future husband. She married Charles L. DeMott on Dec. 28, 1952, in Bentonville, Ark. Doris later served as the Bourbon County Treasurer for 12 years and later worked for 37 years for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Doris was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She lovingly cared for her husband following his stroke at a very early age. She especially loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Garland.

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