Doris M Gloss

Doris M. Gloss, 85, of Overbrook, KS passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 at the Brookside Retirement Community in Overbrook, KS.  She was born July 5, 1937 at Worden, KS the daughter of Harley C. Lyon and Faye (Wintermantel) Lyon. 

Doris grew up in the Worden area graduating from Baldwin High School with the class of 1955. She then graduated from Emporia State University first with a Bachelor’s Degree and then a Master’s Degree in Education.  She would later attend Washburn University and receive her degree as a Reading Specialist. 

After graduating from Emporia State University Doris began teaching at Berryton Elementary in Berryton, KS for six years.  She then worked at the Overbrook Elementary School, Overbrook, KS eventually becoming the Reading Specialist there for twenty-five years.

On September 29, 1963, Doris was united in marriage to Robert Gloss at Worden Methodist Church, Worden, KS.  They shared fifty-nine years of loving marriage. 

She was a member of the Grace Community Church, Overbrook and Gideon’s International.  She volunteered in the church’s children ministry for over thirty years many of those years as the ministries leader.  She loved teaching but felt an immense sense of duty to educate children about the Lord.  She knew how to make learning fun and purposeful, a unique gift of Doris’.  She was very proud of her program that brought the elders of the Overbrook community together with the youth called Jesus Older and Youth or J.O.Y.  After school she would have kids taken by bus to the Brookside Nursing Home and they would study the bible together.  

Doris loved teaching, but she also loved to entertain house guests.  Every December for many years she spent the entire month, December 1 to Christmas having different church families over for Christmas dinner.  Dinner at the Gloss house was a common occurrence to anyone who attended Grace Community Church. Her love of the Christmas season was only eclipsed by her love of her family.  Doris was a caring and kind wife, mother, and grandmother.  She loved spending time with all of her family.

She is preceded in death by her parents.

Doris is survived by her husband, Robert Gloss, Overbrook, KS; two sons, Rob Gloss and his wife, Debbie, Carbondale, KS, Kevin Gloss and his wife, Sheri, Overbrook, KS; brother, Duane Lyon and his wife, Susie, Baldwin City, KS; eight grandchildren, Derick Waetzig and his wife, Rikki, Eli Gloss and his wife, Emily, Dallas Gloss and his fiancé, Mikayla, Hannah Powell and her husband, Josiah, Weston Gloss and his wife, Julia, Jose Paredes, Victor Ramirez, Joseph Ramirez; and seven great grandchildren, Daisy, Carter, Wyatt, Chloe, Emma, Anna, and Boaz.

Memorial funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 17, 2022 at the Grace Community Church. The family will greet friends at the church from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the church prior to the service.  Interment will follow at Overbrook Cemetery, Overbrook, KS. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gideon’s International or Grace Community Church Children’s Ministry and sent in c/o the Lamb-Roberts-Price Funeral Home, P.O. Box 268, Overbrook, KS 66524.

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