I am sorry to announce that my father, Donald Doree – PUTZ, has passed away.
He passed on silently, peacfully in his sleep yesterday, tuesday evening a little after 6:00 p.m. with his family by his side.
We all had a chance to say goodbye and hold his hand. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.
My pop enjoyed his home away from home, the “putz villa” as he called it. a trailer set up by my brother Dean for my pop, on acouple acres bordering the property we deer hunt on.
Pop allways wanted that cabin in the woods and this worked out perfectly for him.
We enjoyed many weekends there with him. one of our favorite weekends, was the anual “putz soup shoot”
2500 rounds of ammunition blazing away at clay pigeons and a kettle of stew bubbling all day long over the camp fire.
don’t worry Putz, we will carry on the tradition, along with a goal of pissing off the neighbor.
the arrangements will be announced in his obituary in either the st.paul pioneer press or the star tribune.
I can’t tell you exact time, but we are looking at visitation to be from 11:00 a.m. – 12:p.m. on friday, March 13th, at Kessler and Maguire funeral home at 640 west 7th street, followed by a short service, then the proccession to the acadia park cemetary where he will be laid to rest.
there will be a reception following at Axel’s Bonfire restaurant in mendota.
if anybody needs directions feel free to call or watch here. I will update my reports page with any new updates.