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Doris M. Fenner

Doris M. Fenner, 92, of Breinigsville, died May 14, 2020, in Fountain Hill.

She was the wife of the late Wallace Ray Fenner for 73 years until he died May 12, 2018.

Born in Martin’s Creek, she was the daughter of the late Chester and Ethel Kaniper.

A member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Breinigsville, she enjoyed being treasurer, attending financial meetings, being on the cemetery committee and volunteering for the children’s Bible school along with many other activities through the years.

She was a farmer from 1948-59, sold life and health insurance from 1959-62, and proprietor of the Breinigsville Hotel from 1971-78.

From 1962 to 1989, she held positions is several post offices and became postmaster at the Palm Post Office.

She was the first vice president of NARFE.

She was a postmaster when she retired on July 3, 1989.

After her retirement, she decided to fulfill another dream.

She became a general contractor and remodeled a shed into a home and a barn into office units and planned and supervised construction of 10 new homes.

She painted, did landscaping and anything else that needed to be done on the job site.

She was a homemaker, mother, farmer, postmaster and businesswoman. She loved her family and everything she has accomplished during her full lifetime.

Her survivors include sons Ronald of Breinigsville, Robert and his wife, Sherrie, of New Tripoli; daughters Linda Fetter and her husband, Richard, of Tavares, Fla., Sherry Meck of Emmaus; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson and sisters-in-law Diane of Bangor and Alice of Wind Gap.

Memorial services will be held at a later date.

Contributions may be made to the Macungie Memorial Ladies Auxiliary Post 9264 VFW, c/o Janet Hunt, 287 Lehigh St., Macungie, PA 18062, Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc. 1117 Country Club Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011 or to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 8227 Hamilton Blvd., Breinigsville, PA 18031-1222

Arrangements made by Schmoyer Funeral Home, Breinigsville.

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