Doris Dutcher Randall died Jan. 29, 2015, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, at the age of 94. She was born Aug. 22, 1920, in Center Moriches, N.Y., to Howard and Mildred Dutcher. Doris was raised in New York. She met a young Canadian, Arthur Lightfoot Austin, in 1942, and they were married in 1943.

Over a 10-year span, Doris and Art moved, first to British Columbia, then Arizona, back to British Columbia and ended up in New York. The couple divorced and Doris remained in New York, where she taught and worked as an education supervisor until her retirement in 1977.

Doris was married to Dr. Kenneth Jones, who was also an educator. Doris moved to Maine and became very active in politics. She was a past member of the Maine Democratic Committee and the National Democratic Committee. She also was the state coordinator for the state of Maine for the U.S. Census in the ‘70s.

The family moved again, and Doris and Ken moved back to British Columbia and finally settled in Coupeville in 1988. She became an active member of the Coupeville Methodist Church, serving as church secretary and chair of the United Methodist Church Council. She was also a member and past president of the Whidbey General Hospital Auxiliary and a board member of the Coupeville Library.

Ken passed away in 2002. Doris and Ken had mutual friends from the Methodist Church choir, Rod and Dorothy Randall. Rod’s wife Dorothy had also passed, and Doris and Rod began dating. On Feb. 19, 2005, Rod and Doris were married in Des Moines, Wash., by the Rev. Jack Tuell, Bishop (Ret.).

Doris and Rod were very active members of the Coupeville Lions Club. They both enjoyed travel and took a train trip across the U.S. in 2006 to New York and toured New England by car, enjoying the beautiful fall colors. Their last trip together was to Southern California for Thanksgiving and for Rod’s 90th birthday. Rod died Feb. 18, 2007, one day prior to their second anniversary.

Doris had moved to Regency on Whidbey for a time and then joined her son, Stuart Austin, at his home in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Doris is survived by one son, Stuart (Frances), of Nanaimo; three step-children, Judy (Joe) Fitzgerald, Jim (Ann) Randall and Steve (Mary) Randall; three grandchildren; and numerous step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Judith Lee Austin.

Memorial services for Doris will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015, at the Coupeville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jin Ming Ma officiating. A reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. Private family interment will be held at Sunnyside Cemetery, Coupeville. Friends and family are invited to share thoughts and memories at Doris’ page in the Book of Memories hosted at www.wallinfuneral

home.com Arrangements are entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home & Cremation, LLC., Oak Harbor, Wash.