Doris S. Sager

- Doris (Stevenson) Sager, 97, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.

Frances Doris Stevenson was born on May 10, 1922 in Waynesboro, PA to the late Wilbur and Roberta Quinn Stevenson. Doris grew up in Washington Township, PA. In 1943, she graduated from Penn State University with a degree in journalism. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. Doris was accepted into the United States Navy’s WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) officers’ training school. She served as an officer from 1943 to 1946 and was assigned to the Communications Annex in Washington, DC. She officially discharged in 1951 as Lieutenant, W, C2, USNR.

In July 1946, Doris married Thomas Curtis Sager. In 1950, they moved to Hagerstown, MD.  She was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and put in many hours serving on the PTA, YMCA swim team, Little League, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. Doris was a life-time member of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O. Sisterhood), and served as past presidents of both organizations. She also served as a board member of the Red Cross Chapter, the Maryland Theater, the Sister Cities Affiliation, and the Hagerstown Women’s Club. In 2017, Doris was honored as a “Golden Girl” by the Maryland State chapter of P.E.O for 50 years of membership. Doris worked as a social worker for Washington County’s Department of Social Services for the State of Maryland. After retirement, Doris and Tom travelled the world extensively.

Doris spent several years at the Somerford Memory Care unit in Hagerstown, MD prior to moving in with her daughter Marty and late husband, Rev. Stewart Crank, in Burlington, NC. She attended Bethel United Methodist (Burlington) and Camp Springs United Methodist (Caswell County) churches where her son-in-law served as pastor. She later attended Front Street United Methodist Church with her family.

Doris is survived by children Susan Quinn (Sager) Mason of Alexandria, VA, Martha (Marty) Louise (Sager) Crank of Burlington, NC, and former three-term Mayor of Hagerstown, MD, Steven Thomas Sager of Halethorpe, MD; brother Harlan Quinn Stevenson and sister-in-law Catherine (Kitty) Stevenson of Bethany, CT; grandchildren Brian Mason, Curtis Mason, David Crank and wife Rebecca Crank, Laura (Crank) Moore and husband Daryl Moore, Becky Sager, and Lizzie (Sager) Dattilio and husband Patrick Datillio; three step grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and eight step great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by parents Wilbur and Roberta Quinn Stevenson, husband Thomas Curtis Sager, son-in-law Rev. Stewart Allen Crank Sr., grandson Beau Stevenson Mason, and great-granddaughter Olivia Quinn Moore.

Family will receive friends at Rest Haven Funeral Home in Hagerstown, MD. on Saturday August 3rd between the hours of 12:00 and 1:00. Memorial services will be held at Rest Haven Funeral Home in Hagerstown, MD. on Saturday August 3rd at 1:00 pm with burial to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.