OSAGE CITY, Kan. – Doris Edna Paul, 95, passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at Peterson’s Assisted Living, Osage City, Kan. She was born Sept. 22, 1930, near Minneapolis, Kan., the only daughter of Louis and Edna (Bradford) Bieber.
Doris grew up around the Minneapolis and Salina area, had lived in Hutchinson, Kan., and Topeka, Kan., before moving to Osage City in 1971, where she has lived ever since.
Doris graduated from El-Saline High School, Brookville, Kan., and attended Brown Mackie Business School, Salina. She worked for the state of Kansas, Chevrolet Motor Company, Wichita, Kan., and Frank Colladay Wholesale Warehouse, Hutchinson. She had worked part time at Sears, Tarro Variety and Gambles, all in Osage City, and then as a typist for Jostens, Topeka.
Doris enjoyed yardwork, jigsaw puzzles, word searches, and watching old movies when she wasn’t attending her grandchildren’s sporting events, music and band concerts, and dance recitals.
Doris met Everett Paul in Hutchinson, and they were married Oct. 3, 1959, Brookville. To this union two children were born, Jim and Diane.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband, Everett, on March 8, 1987; her parents, Louis and Edna; and five brothers, Earl (Elsie) Bieber, Lester (Ruth) Bieber, Donald Bieber, Clifford (Bernie) Bieber and Willis Bieber.
Doris is survived by her two children, Jim (Dena) Paul, of Osage City, and Diane Scott (John Keating), Waverly, Kan.; three grandchildren, Kady (Josh) Carson, Lawrence, Kan., Tracer (Miranda) Paul, Topeka, and Shelby Davidson (Riley Mason), Topeka; two great-grandchildren, Delilah Carson and Blair Paul; sister-in-law, Connie Bieber, Salina; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon, Kan. The family will receive friends 5:30-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in the Osage City Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made to Ascend Hospice or the Macular Degeneration Society, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
