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- Findagrave.com
(Ref photo of Dora's headstone attached to this website. Inscriptionreads, "Dora Turner Trullinger June 8, 1928-April 3, 2009 Beloved Wife& Mother". Also, ref a photo of another headstone that is virtuallytouching Dora's. Inscription reads, "Joseph Richard Turner BM1 USNavy Korea Dec 13. 1923 Jul 30. 1988"
Dora Lorraine Corum Trullinger
Birth: Jun. 8, 1928
Tipperary
Lucas County
Iowa, USA
Death: Apr. 3, 2009
Enterprise
Wallowa County
Oregon, USA
The Chieftain newspaper
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon
04/09/2009
Dora Lorraine Trullinger, 80, died April 3, 2009 at her home inEnterprise with her daughter and husband at her side.
She was born June 8, 1928 in Tipperary, Iowa which was a ghost town.Her parents Raymond Corum and Twila Homsher were living in a shackthere at the time. Dora spent time as a foster child and fondlyremembered foster parents Dade and Media Huckleberry who parented herthrough high school. She grew up in Carlisle, Iowa, graduating fromCarlisle High School. She went on to college in Des Moines, Iowa andgot her degree as a pre-school teacher. During that time she metRobert Dockery and the two were married April 17, 1948.
Dockery served in the Navy. The couple moved to Los Angeles, Calif andDora raised four children and worked as a pre-school and nurseryschool teacher.
Dora moved to Chiloquim in 1971 and continued to teach, served as adirector of a pre-school and fostered Douglas Benton who is regardedas a son. She and Dockery divorced and she married Joseph Turner ofChiloquim in 1975. She and Joe moved to Enterprise in 1980. AfterJoe's death in 1988 she remarried Jim Trullinger of Enterprise whosurvives her.
Dora enjoyed fishing, bird watching, deer hunting with her sons,children and foster children and loved all of her animals. She was amember of Enterprise Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, foster parents Dade andMedia Huckleberry, second husband Joe Turner and brother Joe Corum.
She is survived by her husband, James Trullinger; sons, Thomas (Katie)Dockery of Seattle, Wash., Robert (Debra) Dockery of Pamplico, S.C.,David (Becky) Dockery of Joseph, and Douglas (Cookie) Benton ofPrineville; daughter Kathleen Taylor of Enterprise; brother RichardWitmer of Indianapolis, Ind.; ex-husband Robert Dockery of GrantsPass; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The Chieftain newspaper
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon
Thursday, April 16, 2009
A graveside service has been scheduled for Dora Lorraine Trullinger,80, of Enterprise who died April 3, 2009. The service is scheduled for11 a.m. April 22 at Enterprise Cemetery.
Burial:
Enterprise Cemetery
Enterprise
Wallowa County
Oregon, USA
Created by: Jan
Record added: Apr 16, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 35942591
(Internet extraction provided by David H. Drollinger 13 Jan 2012)
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d. 3 Apr 2009, Enterprise, Wallowa, OR