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Obituary: Doris J. Morak, 65, Martinsburg
Published: November 26, 2023
By: Provided by Sundquist Funeral Home
Doris J. Morak
 MARTINSBURG - Doris J. Morak, 65,
died early Saturday, November
25, 2023 at Wynn Hospital
in Utica.
Doris was born on October 30, 1958
in Lowville, the daughter of the late William H. and Irma (Schroeder)
O'Brien. She graduated from Lowville
Academy and Central School, the class of 1976.
She married Kevin J. Morak on November 20, 1976
at St. Hedwig's Catholic Church, with Rev. Rupert P. Hajna, Pastor, officiating. Doris
and Kevin celebrated their 47th anniversary
on this past Monday. When Doris and Kevin were younger, they
operated the Morak dairy farm at the family homestead. She retired to be a full time homemaker.
She is survived
by her husband, Kevin; their four children, Charity (Chris) Thomas; Kevin
John (Angela) Morak, Jr.; Nicole (Paul) King, and Sondra Morak; her four
grandchildren, Andrew, Elora, Marissa and Gunnar; her favorite kid and
sidekick, Charlie, her Shetland Collie; her siblings, Patrick (Patricia)
O’Brien; Ingrid (Kenneth) Morak, and her sister-in-law, Dianne O’Brien;
several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She is
predeceased by her two brothers, Robert and Harold
O’Brien.
Doris was a
communicant of St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, she enjoyed crocheting,
reading, hugs, and she loved spending time with her grand kids. She loved all of her adopted children, and they loved her.
Everyone knew her as “Mom”. Doris’s final
gift of love was being an organ and tissue donor for Connect Life.
A private
memorial service will be held with Deacon Mr. Ronald Gingerich officiating.
Spring burial will be in Martinsburg Cemetery.
A Celebration of
Life for family and friends will be on Saturday, December 2nd,
at 1:00pm at the Lewis
County Marine Corps League, any food donations or
covered dish to pass may be left off after 11:30am.
Memorials in Doris’s name made to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,
TN 38105
or Friends of Lewis County Hospice, Inc., P.O. Box 266, Lowville,
NY 13367
On-line
condolence and sympathy message may be made at: www.sundquistfh.com
“Anyone that she loved, she loved Big”
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