Doris
A. Swenson-Cottle, 89, passed away Monday, June 4, 2022, Olathe Hospice House,
Olathe.
Doris was born on December 21, 1932, in Hutchinson, the daughter of Travis
and Anna Evans Avery. She graduated from Hutchinson High School and
attended Hutchinson Community College where she received a degree in
Nutrition. Doris retired in 1995 after 25 years as a nutritionist service
manager for USD #308. On January 30, 1954, Doris married Lawrence
Swenson. He died April 16, 1994. On January 19, 2006, she married
Charles R. Cottle. He died on July 17, 2021.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Lawrence and Robert; a son,
Edwin L. Swenson; and siblings, Emmett, Marion, and Henry Avery, Myrtle
Robinson, Alberta Crabbs and Donna Caldwell.
Doris is survived by her son, Wayne Swenson; two daughters in law, Bonnie
Swenson and Randi Swenson-Bichelmeyer; four grandchildren, Todd (Qiera)
Swenson, Jill (Adam) Robb, Emily Swenson, and Lindsey (Derrik) Yoder; eight
great grandchildren, Sofia and Erik Swenson, Gabriella and Jacob Robb,
Lillianna, Alexis, Julianna and Addison Yoder; and two step-grandchildren,
Holly Davis Diemer and Joseph E. Davis.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, June 13, 2022, at First
Church of the Nazarene, 4290 N. Monroe St., Hutchinson, KS, with Pastor Dustin
Bauerle officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until service
time Monday at the church. Burial will take place in Fairlawn Burial
Park, Hutchinson.