Doris Stafford
Doris (Dorie) Elizabeth (Tobias) Stafford, age 86, died with family by her side on January 14, 2021, following a brief illness. Dorie was born on September 1, 1934, in Ellsworth, WI, to Emmett and Josephine (Armbruster) Tobias. On September 10, 1955, Dorie was united in marriage to Patrick (Pat) Stafford at St. Bridget’s Church in River Falls. Their marriage lasted nearly 62 years until Pat’s death in 2017. She is survived by their five children: Sheila Stafford (Phil Mattix), Mark (Polly) Stafford, David Stafford, John (Laura) Stafford, and Tom Stafford (Jamie Barry) as well as grandchildren Eleanor and Anna Mattix and Andrew and Mitchell Stafford. Dorie is further survived by her brother Glen Tobias, sister Connie Jancoski; sisters-in law Cretia Stafford Benolken, Shirley Tobias and Sally Sue Tobias; brothers-in-law Paul Stafford and Robert Jancoski; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by husband Pat, brothers Clair and Jim, sister Leo