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Isabelle Xavier (Liz) Dougherty

Passed on: September 9th, 2013

Of Bareneed, NL and Estero, FL, passed away September 9th, 2013. Liz was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland on July 9th, 1940 to Patrick and Molly Miller. Liz married the love of her life, Robert J. Dougherty, in 1958. They spent the next 55 years together raising a family and traveling the world. Liz was a loving and caring mother who was very active in the lives of all four of her children. She loved serving on committees for their sporting events and school activities. Later in life she was an avid support of the Susan G. Comen Foundation Race for the Cure. Liz began her career in telecommunications at the Avalon Telephone Company in St. John’s and continued working in that career until retiring in 1996 as Chief of Telephone Operations at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC. Liz is survived and will be forever loved by her husband Bob; her three sons: Chip, Barry, and Jack, and her daughter Beth Ann. She will also be greatly missed by her two brothers: Patrick and Lee Miller; her sister-in-law and childhood friend Gertie Miller; sister-in-law Judy Miller; sister-in-law Lorraine Dougherty; brother-in-law Tom Gaulton, and brother-in-law Jack Dougherty, along with her wide circle of nephews, nieces, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Liz was preceded in death by her parents, Patrick and Molly, her brothers Frank, Bill, Jeff, and Gerald, and her sisters Mary, Marge, and Carmel. A Mass will be held on Saturday, September 14th at 11 a.m. at St. Teresa’s Parish, 120 Mundy Pond Road, St. John’s, NL. Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC.

 

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