Doris L. Hugo

Doris L. Hugo, 96, of Springfield, formerly of Taylorville, passed away at 2:23 a.m. Wednesday June 13, 2018 at the Illinois Presbyterian Home, Springfield.

Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Bethany with Adam McReynolds officiating. There will not be a visitation. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Bethany. Memorials are suggested to the Illinois Presbyterian Home, Springfield or to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church Building Fund. Arrangements by the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net.

Doris was born July 16, 1921 in Sullivan the daughter of Walter Henry and Martha Clora Butts Daum.

Doris moved to Taylorville in 1944 after accepting a position with attorney Harold Williams and became life long friends with his wife Leona (Vollentine). She met her husband Leroy at the One Mile Inn in Taylorville and they married on July 1, 1950 in Bethany, Illinois and he preceded her in death on December 21, 1996.

Doris was a Sunday School teacher and long time member of the Davis Memorial Christian Church in Taylorville, Illinois. She served as a deaconess and on the building/planning committee in 1973. She was a member of the Westside Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois and was active in the Beau Knots class. Doris was a Girl Scout leader and cookie chairman. She served as a volunteer for Memorial Medical Center as a Pink Lady. She was a Fit Club (south) member for 18 years swimming three times a week and credited her health and longevity to staying active including a life long membership to Weight Watchers. She was a Market Street mom for her Taylorville neighborhood.

Surviving are her daughters Catherine (Steve) Rich of Springfield and Leigh (Dennis) Roberts of Spartanburg, South Carolina; sister Hyllis Rhoades of Springfield; grandchildren Lauren (Blake) Burnett, Dylan Taylor, Gavin (Carly) Taylor and Corrine Taylor all of Spartanburg, South Carolina and Stephanie Rich of Springfield and great grandchildren Wyatt Burnett and Harper Taylor of Spartanburg, South Carolina. She is also survived may many beloved nieces and nephews

She was preceded in death by her parents and sister Frances McReynolds.