March 23, 2006

OBITUARIES

Doris Burrer

Former Yellow Springs resident Doris (Gadd) Burrer died recently in Ocala, Fla., from complications related to cancer. She was 76.

Doris was born June 28, 1929, in Harrisburg, Pa. She and her spouse, Frank Burrer, resided in Yellow Springs for 27 years before relocating to Ocala in 1996.

Doris spent many years working for the Yellow Springs school system, first as the superintendent’s secretary, then at the elementary and later the middle school, serving several different principals on the way. Some have said, “She was the glue that held things together” during those transitional years.

Many children rotating through the schools during the 1960s and 1970s will remember her presence in the office, whether offering band-aids for hurt fingers, hugs for hurt feelings or even the occasional small lecture for misbehavior.

Doris is survived by her husband of 55 years, Frank Burrer; two sons, Tony Burrer of Dayton and Alan Burrer of Seattle; and two grandchildren, Loren and Nathaniel.