Doris E Crofton, age 97, passed away peacefully at her daughters home on March 7, 2024. Doris was born Dec 3rd, 1926 in Oskaloosa IA. She spent her early years on the family homestead in the rural Thornburg area with her parents Walter and Alice Albrighton and two brothers, Weston and Roscoe. She attended school in Thornburg and after her father died in 1938 the family moved to Oskaloosa where she graduated from high school.