Doris M. Barkley, 83, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2005, at Brendan House in Kalispell.

Doris was born on Sept. 16, 1921, in Kalispell, to Anson and Ruth (Grandel) Fredenberg. Doris was the eighth child out of 16 children. She attended Half Moon School, Whitefish High School, and graduated from Flathead County High School.

She worked for several years at the Veterans Home in Columbia Falls, where she met her husband Robert Barkley; they were married on Sept. 2, 1941. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2001, and Robert passed away on Oct. 9, 2001.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters; five brothers; and her husband, Robert.

She is survived by five brothers and two sisters, Orville, Dale, Duane, Leslie and Orin Fredenberg, Miriam Mack and Carol Patterson; four children and 19 grandchildren, Sherry McIlhargey and her husband, Larry, and their children, Dan, Don and Shaunda, Donna Schneider and her husband, John, and their children, Mark, Bob, Tara, Sara and Bret, Ben Barkley and wife, Judy, and their children, Rod, Bill, Ryan and Nick, James Barkley and wife, Donna, and their children, Casey, Lacey, Matthew, Rebecca, Ruth, Laura and Deborah; 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter; and a very special friend of 68 years, Nellie Tripp.

Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, April 18, at Buffalo Hill Funeral Home. Urn burial will follow the service at Glacier Memorial Gardens.

Buffalo Hill Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for the family.