Doris Kern

September 23, 1932 - August 5, 2013

Doris Elaine Kern, 80, of Vandalia, passed away at 7:54pm, Monday, August 5, 2013 at Fayette County Hospital. Services for Mrs. Kern will be held at 10:00am, Friday, August 9, 2013 at the First Pentecostal Church in Vandalia with Rev. Daniel McDonald officiating.  Burial will follow in Taylor Cemetery, Pittsburg, IL.  A visitation will be held from 9:00am until time of service Friday at the church.  Memorials may be made to the First Pentecostal Church of Vandalia.  Doris was born September 23, 1932, in Muskegon, MI, the daughter of Perry Edward and Marie Louise (Delmoulin) Davis.  She graduated from Mulberry Grove High School and then married Calvin Dean Kern on August 4, 1949 in Morganfield, KY.  She worked at John Crane Packing in Vandalia for 26 years before retiring.  She was a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Vandalia.  Mrs. Kern is survived by her children, son John David Kern and his wife Cathy of Champaign and daughter Rebecca Marie "Becky" and her husband Paul Schaub of Brownstown; grandchildren Holly Wasmuth, Clint Kern, Katy Kern, Elizabeth Kern, Staci and her husband Jay Carroll, John Schaub and his wife Jacy, and Mark Schaub and his wife Erin; great grandchildren Alex Wasmuth, Emily Wasmuth, Kelsi Wasmuth, Daylea Kern, Elijah Kern, Brooke Kistler, Jonathan Carroll and his wife Kali, Nathaniel Carroll and his wife Lauren, Courtney and her husband Aaron Sapp, Nathan Schaub, Cade Schaub, Mason Schaub, Cole Horner, Levi Schaub, and Jacob Schaub;  great-great grandchildren Ella Carroll, Clara Carroll and Calin Carroll. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 2 brothers and 1 sister.