Doris Gant

Best known for her fun smiles, cheer with everyone, and crocheting skills, Doris will be missed by the community. Doris grew up in Bucks County, outside of Philadelphia, the youngest of four children. In her own words, not speaking until she was four, as she could "point and whine" and get everything she needed. Work smart, not hard. Upon graduating from Bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Clarion University in Pennsylvania, she became a school teacher in West Virginia, and later in the everglades of Florida. She married Emory Gant in 1980 and had children in 1985 and 1986, becoming the best stay at home mom ever. She did crafts with us and made sure we knew how to read early on. By 1994 her father needed at home care, which Doris provided in Cocoa Beach, Florida, and later in Reynoldsville, PA, until his death in 1998. From 2004-2011 Doris returned to Florida where she was a school teacher in Avon Park and later a security attendant for a casino company at Cape Canaveral. Doris moved to DC in 2011, and since then had been involved in the community. Doris had worked for the past 10 years at Christ Church Georgetown as a nursery attendant, where she has seen dozens of kids grow up over the years. She has also served as a test proctor, HR data specialist and a library technician at Georgetown University. Doris also was a volunteer on the Glover Park Day committee from 2011 to present, and at the event, you would see her table of crocheted blankets, hats, and stuffed animals. In 2020 she became a board member of the Beecher Cooperative, the residential community where she had been a member since 2012. Doris is the daughter of George Masisak and Ethel (Sebring) Masisak, born on March 20, 1955. Doris is survived by daughter, Amanda Gant of Washington, DC and son, Andrew Gant of Las Vegas, Nevada, brother Carl Masisak of Woonsocket, RI, and brother Noden Masisak. She is preceded in death by her sister, Anne Masisak, who died in the early 1980s.