Submitted by: Dan Rich

Karla Doty

Jan. 31, 1956 - Jan. 23, 1999

South Bend Tribune 1/28/1999

It was God's will to call Karla Doty on Saturday evening, Jan. 23, in Elkhart General Hospital. Since the Lord giveth, we all know that the Lord taketh away. He is ''Our Father'' and we are his children. Our prayer is ''Thy Will Be Done''. Ms. Doty was born in South Bend, Ind. on Jan. 31, 1956. She currently was the manager of Tobacco Mart in Elkhart, Ind., having had over 20 years of retail managing experience. Ms. Doty was a graduate of LaSalle High School. In her childhood, she became a member of St. Patrick's Church. After extensive training for modeling, she was featured regularly at fund raising style shows for college education scholarships. Her natural elegance and attractive personality proudly displayed a wardrobe consisting of originals created just for her by her grandmother, the late and well known seamstress, Mercidee Johnson.

She is survived by her loving mother, Patsy Hawley of South Bend; her sisters, Keri M. Davis, Kimberly A. Doty, Nann H. Doty, Kyle Doty Miller, all of South Bend, and Cassell Doty of Niles, Mich.; brothers, Alfred S. Doty of Chicago, Ill., Grant Rodney Martin, Nashville, Tenn., Eric Ricky Doty, South Bend; and by many caring nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her father, Eric Doty; a daughter, Danielle Wynn; and by her grandmother, Mercidee Johnson.

Services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Clark's Funeral Home, where friends may call two hours before services. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Her memory lingers in our hearts.