Doris C. Faulkner

Doris C. Faulkner
(September 23, 1938 – June 10, 2021)

Doris C. Faulkner , 82, of Shelbyville, IL, passed away at 5:05 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2021 in Shelbyville Manor.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 14, 2021 in Howe & Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Visitation will be from noon – 1:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL. Memorials may be given to the South Second Street Church of Christ, Alzheimer’s Association, or The General Dacey Trail.

Doris was born on September 23, 1938 in Shelbyville, IL, the daughter of Thomas Arthur and Alta Mae (Himes) Gaddis. She graduated from Shelbyville High School in the Class of 1956. Doris worked as a telephone operator for Illinois Consolidated before becoming an owner of Gaddis Grocery Store in Shelbyville.  She later was a co-owner of Double D Meats in Windsor, a clerk at Coast to Coast in Shelbyville and a greenhouses worker at Shelby County Community Services.  Doris enjoyed walking, working in her flower garden and spending time with her family.  Doris was a lifelong member of the South Second Street Church of Christ in Shelbyville, IL. She married David Dean Faulkner on July 31, 1958 and he preceded her in death on May 24, 2007.

Doris is survived by her daughters, Pam Woolley of Monticello, IL and Patti Faulkner of Taylorville, IL; son, Cris Faulkner and wife Michelle of Harristown, IL; grandchildren, Blake Woolley of Atlanta, GA, Eric Woolley and husband Carlo of Urbana, IL and Victoria Faulkner of Harristown, IL; and sister-in-law, Delores Crutcher of Shelbyville, IL.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, David Faulkner; brothers, Lowell Gaddis and Lyle Gaddis (Shirley); and sister, Darlene Kay Gaddis.