Doris Elizabeth Haeberle
(August 18, 1918 - April 7, 2014)

Doris Elizabeth (Downs) Haeberle, 95, of Huntington died April 7 at the Woodlands Retirement Community. She was born in Louisville, KY on August 18th 1918 the daughter of Frieda Elizabeth Weigel Downs and Earl Downs. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 70 years, Ronald Mason Haeberle. She grew up in Louisville KY and later in Logan WV. She attended Western Kentucky State Teachers College in Bowling Green KY and graduated from Marshall College in 1940. After graduation she was employed in the Logan county school system. She was a long time member of First Presbyterian Church. She was active in the life of the church as a circle chairman and working with generations of children and young adults over the years as Sunday School teacher, Youth Advisor, and Cub Scout Den Mother. As a grandmother, her time with younger children in the LOGOS intergenerational program was especially rewarding. Her church friendships were many and they lasted a lifetime. She was an active member of the Huntington Woman's Club, the Huntington Civic League, the Glass Club and the Arcata Garden Club, often serving as an officer. She served the community through volunteer work in the Huntington State Hospital Auxiliary and was a long time volunteer at the Huntington Museum of Art where she was a behind the scenes fixture with the Book Fair. In retirement she and Ronald enjoyed travel by car, visiting family and friends from one end of the country to the other and carefully documenting the trips. Survivors include her sister Mrs. William R. (Jane) Long of Huntington and her extended family, sons, Ronald M. Haeberle Jr. and his wife Harriet of Huntington and Timothy Haeberle and his wife Sue of Spring Texas; Ronald and Harriet's sons Jeffrey M. Haeberle and his wife Amy of Butler, Pennsylvania and their son James and daughter Abigail, and David C. Haeberle and his wife Sarah of Cypress, Texas and their sons Jacob and Luke, and Tim and Sue's son Hunter and daughter Heather of Spring Texas.
Special thanks to the staff of the Woodlands Community who have been friends and caregivers for many years; and to Hospice for thoughtful assistance in more recent days. The personal care and attention at Woodlands led to a fuller and more satisfying retirement life. Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary by Rev. Dr. John Minihan and Rev. Skip Seibel. Private interment will follow at Spring Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday 10:00 a.m. until service time at the Funeral Home.