Dorris Bjorset Duffy

The world lost an amazing woman on October 17, 2016. Dorris Bjorset Duffy was born on February 25, 1925, in Cottage Grove, Ore. When she was 16, she left home to attend the Emily Johnson Duffy Ranch School in Fallbrook. She may have made the decision based on the fact that, in her words, “we could ride horses and wear shorts to class,” but it changed her life forever as she and the son of the headmistress fell in love and married in 1943. Jack and Dorris Duffy celebrated 70 years of marriage before his death in 2013.

When health reasons led Jack, Dorris, and son Tim to move to their daughter’s...