Doris A. Perkins

November 30, 1915 - May 25, 2015

Age 99, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2015 at the Saline Evangelical Home. She was born November 30, 1915 in Lodi Twp., MI, the daughter of Alfred and Clara (Feldkamp) Rentschler. On August 30, 1941 in Ann Arbor, MI she married Earl D. Perkins and he preceded her in death on November 5, 2006. Doris was a bus driver for the Saline Schools and she was also a beautician. She was a full time mother, homemaker and farm wife and she loved her grandchildren and great-granddaughter. Doris was very active in quilting and hosted the Ann Arbor Quilting Guild and loved to enter her quilts in the Saline Fair and she had won many first place blue ribbons. Doris also loved gardening and feeding her birds. Survivors include her children, Dennis (Madonna) Perkins and Elaine Perkins. Also surviving are her grandchildren, Dan (Linda Lambarth) Perkins, Maria Perkins, and Richard (Kelly McCarthy) Perkins, her great granddaughter Brooke Perkins and her brother, Alfred “Fritz” Rentschler. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and sister Alice Boychuck. Cremation has taken place. Visitation will be on Friday, May 29, 2015 from 11:00 A.M. until the time of the service at 1:00 P.M. at the Robison-Bahnmiller Funeral Home, Saline with the Rev. Dr. David Bucholtz, officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Saline. Memorial contributions may be made to the Saline Evangelical Home and envelopes will be available at the funeral home. To sign Doris’s guestbook, to leave a memory, or for more information or directions please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.