Doris A. DesMarais (nee DeMars), age 98, a longtime resident of Buffalo passed away on September 28, 2020. She was born in Otsego Township on July 25, 1922 to Emil and Cecelia (Fissette) DeMars. Doris was baptized at St. Albert’s Catholic Church in Albertville.

Doris and her sister LaVerna enlisted in The United States Navy in August of 1944.   They were stationed at Miami Naval Air Station in Florida.   Doris was discharged in August of 1946, at the rank of Storekeeper 3rd Class.

Before enlisting, Doris went to seamstress school which was the beginning of her love of sewing.   She could make anything with or without a pattern.   In later years she was her family’s mender and tuck taker.

Doris was joined in Holy Matrimony on June 23rd, 1949 to Lomer DesMarais at St. Albert’s Catholic Church in Albertville.  Their marriage was blessed with a son Gary and a daughter Laurie.

Doris and Lomer started their marriage at The DesMarais Brothers farm north of Buffalo where they stayed until 1980.   In 1980, they retired and move to a farm closer to Buffalo. Doris and Lomer went to many auctions all over the state of Minnesota. Doris loved flowers.  There wasn’t a plant that wouldn’t grow and blossom in her care.

Doris is survived by her children: Gary (Joann) DesMarais and Laurie DesMarais (Glen Williams); grandchildren: Tammy Hackett (Rob Osborne), Tina (Joel) Eich, Darin (Nicci) DesMarais and Tabitha DesMarais; great grandchildren: Bill, Lucas and Charlie Hackett, Avery, Lomer, Riley and Hazel Eich, Caden, Davis, Noah and Darin Jr. DesMarais and Christian and Alexander DesMarais; a sister: Leona Summers and by a brother: Richard DeMars; sisters-in-law:  Marilyn DeMars and Anita DeMars; brother-in-law: Gerald Kostuch; many nieces and nephews, and by her caregiver for many years Ralph Unglesbee.

Doris was preceded in death by her husband Lomer DesMarais in 2007, her parents Emil and Cecelia (Fissette) DeMars, her sisters Beatrice (Arthur) May, Vivian (John) Wilson, LaVerna (Ed) VanKeuran, Corinne (Herbert) Dehmer and Edna Kostuch, her brothers: Gordon (Mary) DeMars, Rowland DeMars, Leon DeMars and Ed DeMars and by brother- in- law: Lyle Summers.

Doris was the last of the generation in the DesMarais family.  She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.  Doris was a lady of few words but was the wind beneath the wings of her family!

Visitation will be Thursday, October 8, 2020, from 4-8 PM at The Peterson Chapel in Buffalo. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, October 9, 2020, at 11 AM with Rosary at 9:30 AM and visitation beginning at 10 AM at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Buffalo.  Military rites will follow the Mass. Private interment will be held at a later date at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Buffalo. Father Nathaniel Meyers will be the Celebrant. Doris’s great-grandchildren will serve as honorary casket bearers.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to The Peterson Chapel in Buffalo. Online condolences for the family may be directed to www.thepetersonchapel.com