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Elizabeth Christine (Chris) VanDorn
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Elizabeth Christine (Chris) VanDorn

March 13, 1939 - April 3, 2022

Elizabeth Christine (Chris) VanDorn, 84, passed away peacefully at “The Journey Home” in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on April 03, 2022. Chris was born on March 13, 1938, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Arthur Richard Ephraums Gladys Evelyn Muriel (Leembruggen) Ephraums. As a child she attended boarding school in Sri Lanka, prior to coming to the U.S. Once she entered the U.S., she attended Central H.S. in Springfield, Missouri as well as taking nursing classes and marrying Homer E. VanDorn on 11/24/1959. She worked various jobs and in 1977 started her career with the Coffeyville Police Department as a Dispatcher and eventually became a municipal court clerk for Montgomery County, Ks. Before retiring. Her hobbies included Gardening and traveling. One of her biggest accomplishments happened on May 29, 1980, she was proud to become a naturalized citizen of the United States of America in Wichita, Kansas Chris was preceded in death by her parents Richard (Dick), Mother Gladys, a brother David Ephraums and a great granddaughter McKenzie Jo VanDorn. She is survived by her daughters Kim VanDorn and Kathy Hardin and her husband Jim, a Son Mike VanDorn and wife Colleen, her sisters Elise Hamilton, Estelle Pecina, Grandchildren Rosie and Patrick Meindl, Brandon and Rebekah Loper, Tim Dougan, Angela VanDorn, Samantha and Justin Garland, Logan Chaney, Corey Chaney and seven great Grandchildren. Private Family Services are Pending Contributions can be made to: Love a Child Ministries https://loveachild.com/

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Elizabeth Christine (Chris) VanDorn, 84, passed away peacefully at “The Journey Home” in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on April 03, 2022. Chris was born on March 13, 1938, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Arthur Richard Ephraums Gladys Evelyn... View Obituary & Service Information

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