Obit Cherokee Co. Archives for:
Name: Loye Estelle (Dillow) Dorr
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Submitted by: Kay Hubbard Thompson
Email: katiewho@intellex.com 
Date: 5/15/2002
to the Cherokee Co., OK Archives site
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Bill Cook, Cherokee Co. Archivist, wcook14024@aol.com
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TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS
TAHLEQUAH, OK
APRIL 28, 2002

LOYE ESTELLE DORR
     Tahlequah--Funeral services for Loye Estelle Door, 86, of Tahlequah, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, 
April 29, 2002, at the First Christian Church of Tahlequah with Dr. Nancy Pittman and Rev. Harry 
England officiating.  Burial will follow at the Tahlequah City Cemetery under the direction of the Reed-
Culver Funeral Home.
     Pallbearers include Jack Dobbins, Bill Hinton, Allen Hicks, Sherman Hayes, Jeff Perry, John Hinton, 
Garry Roberts and Ed Fite.
     Honorary pallbearers include L.D. Hayes, Bob Cunningham, Floyd Stierwalt, Ish Knight, Lee Coke, 
Dr. Ed Fite, Ovon Fisher and Greg Crouch.
     Loye Estelle Door was born April 10, 1916, in Texarkana, Ark., the daughter of John Melvin and 
Gladys Irene (Taylor) Dillow, and she departed this life on Thursday, April 25, 2002 in Tahlequah.
     Loye had attended school at Devol.  Her parents owned a phone company in 
Devol, where she worked as an operator.  She later moved to Rush Springs, where she received her 
licensed practical nursing degree.
     On Oct. 2, 1933, she married Del Dorr in Dover.  They lived in Tribune, Kansas, until moving to Park 
Hill around 1949.
     Loye was the former postmistress at Park Hill and was involved in the family trucking and dairy 
business.  She was a member of the First Christian Church, Cherokee County CB Club and the Elks 
Lodge.
     An avid bowler, she had won many trophies in local leagues and state tournaments.  Her many hobbies 
included fishing, bingo, rock collecting, gardening, jigsaw puzzles, reading, Scrabble, crocheting and being 
involved with her kids and grandchildren.

     Loye was preceded in death by her parents,; her brother, Jarrol Melvin Dillow; and her brother-in-law, 
Lynn Gammill.
     She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Del, of the home; two sons and their wives, Jerry Lee and 
Georgiann Dorr and Gary Del and Laurie Dorr, all of Tahlequah; sister Cleeta Joy Gammill of 
Chattanooga; grandchildren, Jarrod Lee Dorr, Kristi Leann and Dylan Dorr Lucht, Lori Jo Dorr, Cody 
Del Dorr and Chelsea Diann Dorr; a great-grandson, Matthew Dylan Lulcht; and a special friend, Mickey 
Adams; ;and many other relatives, as well as a host of friends and loved ones.
     The family requests memorial contributions be made to the First Christian 
Church Children's Fund, 1030 S. Cedar, Tahlequah, OK 74464