Doris Kravig (Bolivar)'s Obituary
Doris Karen (Jones) Kravig, age 91, passed away September 19, 2015 in Bolivar, Missouri,
of age related issues. She was born August 23, 1924 in Limon, Colorado, the only child of
Edgar and Olga (Hansen) Jones. She grew up north of Limon near Walks Camp and lived
most of her life until 2003 in Lincoln County, Colorado. Doris Karen was baptized as an
infant and confirmed in 1937 in the Walks. Camp Lutheran Church.
In her growing years, she helped her dad with ranch and farm work and loved riding horses.
She also learned a love of gardening and cooking from her mother. When she was
elementary school age, her dad often rode a horse and towed her to school on a sled when
there was snow on the ground.
She attended high school in Limon and graduated in May of 1942. On November 21, 1942,
she married Harold Kravig of Karval, Colorado, in San Diego, California, where he was in
the US Navy. The marriage lasted over 58 years, until Harold's death on December 20,
2000. After Harold's release from the Navy and time in college, the couple lived in Karval
for nearly 20 years, then moved to Hugo, Colorado, where Harold taught and coached for
many years. Karen moved from Hugo to Bolivar, MO in November, 2003. She became a
member of Zion Lutheran Church in Bolivar in February, 2004, and was a long time
member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Hugo, Colorado prior to that.
Harold and Karen had three sons--Harold Jr. (Hal) in 1943, Stanley (Stan) in 1945 and
Dennis in 1947. Hal died in an auto accident in September of 1965 at age 22. Stan and
spouse Claudia live in Bolivar, Missouri, and Dennis and spouse Lisa in Karval, Colorado
on the original home place.
Over the years, Doris Karen was a homemaker, rural mail carrier, school bus driver, piano
teacher, dental assistant, and volunteer teacher and director of the school choir. Her
hobbies included gardening (especially growing flowers), baking and decorating wooding
cakes, sewing and quilting, and playing and singing for weddings and funerals. She also
played piano and organ for church for many years.
She was preceded in death by her husband Harold Kravig, parents Edgar and Olga Jones,
oldest son Harold Jr. (Hal), and her first granddaughter, April Kravig, in 1974. She leaves
behind two sons--Stan (Claudia) and Dennis (Lisa), eight grandchildren--Robert (Kali), Erik
(Krista), Hal (Liz), Seth and Aaron (Danielle) Kravig, Audrey VanLengen (Neil), Kara Hass
(Bruce), Mary Solze (Jess), and 21 great grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Karval Fellowship Church in Karval Colorado, with burial to follow at the Karval Community Cemetery
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