Doris Edith Hughes was born to Emily and Harold King on 10 August 1936, the 3rd of 9 children, in Kent. The war started 3 years later and one of Doris’ earliest memories was hiding under the table when the doodlebugs came. Doris met Michael at Butlins in Clacton and knew on the 2nd day that they would be married which they did on March 24 1962 and they had three children. Doris lived in Kent until 1980. Her mother or Nan King as she was later known, meant the world to Doris and all the brothers and sisters and their families crammed into Nan’s house on a Saturday every week for tea. She was known as the “tea lady,” standing by the teapot in their small council house welcoming everyone in and Doris’s girls have fond memories of their extended family from those times. The family moved to Banbury in 1980 and it was a real wrench especially for Doris to be apart from her very close family in Kent. Michael was a builder and carpenter and he bought land in Banbury and worked for his brother, whilst also building the house the family were to live in for the next 32 years, although as has often been commented “he never bloody finished it”. Doris did not work outside the home when the girls were young but she worked hard inside it. She loved being a housewife and liked things just so. She ran a tight household and was proud of providing a secure place for the girls to grow up in. Michael was often working away but he knew that Doris was fine doing the thing she loved best in the world, being a Mum and running the show at home. She loved doing good British cooking like Shepherd’s pie or Toad in the Hole, lemon meringue pie, apple pie and jam tarts. Doris always had music or the radio on. She loved rock and roll from her jiving days. She used to dress in her 50s dress with all the frills and her and Michael would “beat the band” or jive faster than the music. Even when Doris began working outside the home, she still chose to care for others, such was her nature. She worked at Postige a wig maker and then for 12 years at Glebefields nursing home, first as a cleaner but for most of her time there, as an auxiliary nurse. Because Doris was so keen on house and home, she did not yearn to travel at first but she was proud of going to Spain and went to New Zealand and Australia when Sarah moved there and which was good for avoiding arthritic pain in the winter. She last visited 2 years ago. She wanted to do a cruise and booked to go with Michael to the Pacific Islands but her luggage went missing and she got sick and it was not a good trip. This did not put her off wanting to go to Hawaii and Las Vegas but she never got there. Family was always the most important thing to Doris. She came from a close family and was especially close to her sister Vera who visited every 6 weeks. Doris’ girls all have long standing marriages, like her own and out of these, she and Michael had 6 beloved grandchildren Doris also had a friend of 50 years, Mary who brought the young and quiet Doris out with dancing and music. Doris, your family were so moving and powerful to watch, as they cared for you in the way you had taught them. They were at your side as you crossed the threshold on August 31st. May you find there the loving kindness that has followed you all the days of your life and may you know it as home from home.