 1918 - 2003 (84 years)
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| Name |
Ruby Darline Barnett |
| Born |
10 Dec 1918 |
Boonville, Missouri, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
1 Oct 2003 |
Essex, Connecticut, USA |
| Person ID |
I27168 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Family |
Robert Louis Doane, b. 8 Aug 1918, Essex, Connecticut, USA , d. 2 Nov 2013, Clinton, Connecticut, USA (Age 95 years) |
| Married |
25 Dec 1942 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13279 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Darline Barnett Doane, 84, of Essex, died peacefully in her home early Wednesday, (October 1, 2003), surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband, Robert, of 61 years; her five children, Timotha Doane of San Francisco, Linda Crown and her partner, Deborah Skinner of New London, Deborah Dempsey of Astoria, OR, Robert L. Doane, Jr. and his wife, Marilyn of Essex, and John Doane and his wife, Wendy of Westford, VT. Darline also leaves seven grandchildren, Jennifer Crown Hartman, John Crown, Robert, Rebecca, and Ryan Doane, and Aiden and Tyler Doane. She also leaves her sister Victoria Ellington of Barraboo, WI and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Darline was born in Boonville, MO December 10, 1918. Daughter of Dr. John Ambrose and Ruby Hall Barnett, she was the eighth of nine children. Raised in the Ozarks, she graduated from Springfield High School in 1937 where she played the herald trumpet in the Springfield Bugle Corp. and with the Kilties, a Scottish marching band. After a year at Springfield Teachers College, Darline followed her sister Juanita Hyde to Essex, where she promptly met handsome, young pharmacy student, Robert Doane. She attended Hartford Hospital School of Nursing graduating as an RN in 1942. That same year she married Lt. Robert Doane on Christmas Day in 1942 while he was on leave from the Coast Guard Academy. During World War II while Robert was stationed in Corpus Christi, she worked as a nurse in Spohn Hospital. After the war, they settled in Madison, CT prior to moving to their present home in Essex in 1954. Darline will be remembered for her love of music, both voice and piano, which she kept to the end, and her love of nature which she passed on to her children very early. Darline sang in the First Congregational Church choir for decades, was a passionate member of the Essex Garden Club, and with her husband participated in the Mystic Seaport Pilots Program for 45 years. Her community will remember her for her generosity toward friends and strangers, working for example, with disabled children in the High Hopes program. She is remembered by her children for her fiercely independent spirit, determination to participate in everything, and her assertiveness, which she taught her children very well. Over the years Darline and Robert have enjoyed skiing, sailing, golf and tennis. For 20 years they had a winter home in Plymouth, VT. In their retirement years, they enjoyed their winter home on Man-O-War Cay in the Bahamas and sailing their 27 foot Tartan, "Bonnie Lass", back and forth from Essex. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1, at the First Congregational Church in Essex at 2 p.m. The family wishes to thank all the homecare providers for their expertise and support. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the First Congregational Church's Marjorie Sands Memorial Scholarship Fund at P.O. Box 237, Essex, CT 06426, to the High Hopes Therapeutic Riding, Inc. at P.O. Box 254, Old Lyme, CT 06371, or to Middlesex Hospital Homecare, 144 East Main St., Clinton, CT 06413. The Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, 34 Main St. Centerbrook, CT. is in charge of arrangements.
--THE HARTFORD COURANT, October 3, 2003
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