Doris Charlene Randall Hughes, 88, died April 22, 2024 in Longmont, Colo.
She was born April 13, 1936 to Charles and Frances York Randall.
She graduated from Ashland High and received a degree in education from Southwestern University. She was an elementary teacher and librarian in Liberal for 40 years.
After serving as organist/pianist for United Methodist Church in Liberal, she retired in Ashland, where she resumed playing for Ashland Bible Church.
She was obsessed with NCAA sports, as well as her grandchildren’s hockey, softball and soccer games, and dance competitions.
She was always known to have a freezer full of homemade cookies, ready for the taking, when family or friends visited.
She was a member of PEO, and cherished the luncheons with her close friends.
She was a devoted wife to her late husband, Milton, for 56 years; a loving mother to her son Randall; and beloved mother-in-law to Kathryn Hughes of Berthoud, Colo. She was Grammy to her grandchildren, serving as coerced hockey goalie to Nicholas, and enjoyed reading books to Holly.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and brother, Warren Randall.
• Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2024 at the Ashland Bible Church in Ashland.
Burial will be at the Highland Cemetery in Ashland.
Memorials are suggested to the Ashland Senior Center, P. O. Box 73, Ashland, KS 67831.
Condolences may be left at www.schillingfhg.com.
