Doris A. (Barnes) Cantrell-Stevenson, 103, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022.

Doris was born July 2, 1919, in Grenola, Kansas, the second of four children, to Robert L. Barnes and Stella M. Crowther- Barnes. Doris was reared and educated in Grenola Independent Grade School and Grenola High School and completed her education at Winfield High School after the family moved to Winfield in the spring of 1937 to operate the Sunrise Dairy. She attended beauty school in Wichita after high school and was a beautician for a short period of time before marrying Robert Victor (Cobby) Cantrell, Jr. on January 28, 1942. They had three children; Jerry Joe, born October 25, 1943; Cathy Ann, born November 5, 1949; and Tony Lee, born October 14, 1959.

In July 1952, after operating service stations in Winfield for many years, Cobby and Doris moved the family to a farm southeast of Winfield, near the Sunrise Dairy to help with dairy operations. Cobby and Doris also farmed for many years. In 1965, Doris gained employment at Binney and Smith Crayola Factory, and worked there for 15 years. Doris lost Cobby on August 17, 1974, while he was working for Cessna at Strother Field.

On November 28, 1980, Doris married Merle Stevenson. Merle and Doris lived on the farm until April 1983 when the farm was sold, and they moved to town. Doris and Merle divorced in October 1987 but remained friends and companions until Merle passed away on April 22, 2004. Doris resided at Cumbernauld Village from 2014 to 2020 when she moved to Alderbrook Village in Arkansas City where she resided at the time of her death.

Doris was a member of the Walnut Valley Women's Club. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and playing card and board games. She especially loved being a homemaker.

In addition to her parents Stella and Robert, and husbands, Robert Cantrell and Charles Stevenson, Doris was preceded in death by brothers, Bobby Dean Barnes, Armand Dale Barnes, Alfred Leroy Barnes.

Survivors include her three children and their spouses, Jerry Cantrell and Yvonne of Pueblo, Colorado; Tony Cantrell and Margaret of Winfield, Kansas; Cathy Neal and Norman of Winfield, Kansas; her eight grandchildren, Amy Lynn Cantrell-Kozusko and husband Robert of Timnath, Colorado; Adam Lane Cantrell of Las Vegas, Nevada; Sara Elizabeth Cantrell-Ferguson and husband Ian of California; Craig Matthew Cantrell of California; Kyle Marcus Cantrell of California; Angela Renee Neal-Warden and husband Matthew of Camino, California; Shawn Stevenson of Kansas; and Trevor Stevenson of Kansas; her seven great grandchildren, Bryce Matthew Warden, Brianna Lynn Warden, Samuel Robert Kozusko, Maxim Christopher Kozusko, Rylee Rae Morrow, Haylee Ferguson and Summer Ferguson.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery. A visitation is scheduled at the funeral home Monday from 4 to 8 P.M. The family will greet friends from 4 to 6 that evening.

A memorial has been established in Doris' and Cobby's name for the American Heart Association. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.

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