Doris Mae Templeton

Doris Templeton age 81 of Tracy, MN died Friday, February 19, 2010 at PrairieView Health Care Center in Tracy. Services will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Tracy Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 PM Monday, February 22, 2010 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy, with a prayer service at 7:00 PM. Interment will be in the Tracy City Cemetery. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements. Doris Mae Templeton was born November 23, 1928 to Marke and Mayme (Larson) Flatequal in Tracy, MN, Lyon County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Presbyterian faith and attended Tracy Public Schools, graduating from Tracy High School in 1946. Doris then attended a Secretarial Training School for one year before returning to Tracy and working for Algyer Law firm. On January 6, 1949 Doris married Dale Templeton in Tracy at the Presbyterian Church. They made their home on Dale’s parent’s farm north of Tracy. For many years Doris worked for the Buzzell Law firm in Tracy during tax preparation time and raised a family on the farm. They remained on the farm until Dale’s retirement in 1991 when the moved into Tracy. Doris was a member of the Tracy Presbyterian Church and very active in the church women’s groups. She also was a member of the Eastern Star, Farm Bureau and several card clubs over the years. Doris also was one who gave of her time to children and the community, volunteering for over 20 years as a 4H leader and at the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum in Tracy. She enjoyed needlework and ceramics, but really loved spending time with her grandchildren. In 2008, Doris became a resident of Prairie View Health Care Center where she died Friday, February 19, 2010 at the age of 81. Doris is survived by her husband, Dale Templeton of Tracy, MN; one daughter, Paula Pahnisch of Janesville, MN; three sons, Donald Templeton of Corcoran, MN, David (Debra) Templeton of Cromwell, MN and Mark (Laurie) Templeton of Tracy, MN; nine grandchildren; one great grandson; one brother, Roger (Pat) Flatequal of Omaha, NE; two sisters-in-law, Mary Lou Anderson of Tracy, MN and Bonnie Flatequal of Eagle Grove, IA; one brother-in-law, Jay Christensen of Rochester, MN; nieces, nephews and many friends. Her parents, one infant son, two brothers, Robert Flatequal and Merrill (Helen) Flatequal, one sister-in-law, Donna Christensen and two brothers-in-law, James Manguson and Ivan Anderson preceded her in death.