Kathleen Joyce (Heaton) Dockweiler Obituary (1936 - 2023)

Kathleen Joyce Dockweiler, 86, passed away at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Oregon, on January 4, 2023, after a brief illness. A memorial service will be planned and announced at a later date. Kathleen (Polly) was born on July 23, 1936, in Prairie City, Oregon, to Wayne and Alice Heaton of Bates, Oregon. She graduated from Prairie City High School in 1954. Polly married John Pierce in 1960, and together they had two sons, Steven and Donald. After John's death in 1964, she married Ted Dockweiler in 1968 and became the mother for Ted's three children, Michael, Theresa, and Randy. She enjoyed traveling. Trips to the Oregon Coast, Alaska, North Dakota, and Hawaii were all highlights in her life. She also loved picking huckleberries and mushrooms. Before moving to Arizona in 2016, she enjoyed RVing in California and Arizona. Polly returned to Oregon to live in Pendleton in her last year. She is survived by her sons, Steven (Sherry) Pierce, Donald Pierce, Mike (Ginger) Dockweiler, and Randy Dockweiler, and her daughter, Theresa (Randy) Dennis. Polly is also survived by her brother, John Heaton, and her sister Margaret (Larry) Auld, ten grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Polly was preceded in death by her parents, Wayne and Alice Heaton, both of her husbands, John Pierce and Ted Dockweiler, and two older brothers, Wayne and Dale Heaton. Kathleen (Polly) Dockweiler certainly will be missed by all of her family and friends!