Doris Biro Obituary

Doris L. Biro

Dec 31, 1924 - Sep 26, 2023

Lakeside-Marblehead

Doris L. Biro, 98, of Marblehead, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at Otterbein North Shore.

She was born Dec. 31, 1924, in St. Charles, Missouri, the daughter of Ben and Opal (Seeberger) Worful. She married Elmer J. Biro on Sept. 16, 1946, and he preceded her in death March 21, 1999. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marblehead, where she was active on the Altar Rosary Society and served on the Fr. Shaefer Scholarship Fund.

Doris was a pioneer in her younger days as she was fascinated with airplanes and flight. She would spend countless hours at a small local airfield as a teenager watching airplanes take off and land. By her 18th birthday, Doris acquired her pilot's license and by the age of 20, she became a certified instructor!

At age 21, Doris became 50% owner of a flight school based at Lambert Field in St. Louis. Not only was Doris a pilot in a time when there were very few woman pilots (1945), but also an instructor! Elmer Biro from Marblehead was serving in U.S. Navy at the end of World War II and also had the desire to become a pilot and as fate would have it, attended Doris' flight school. The rest as they say "is history" and Doris and Elmer were married in 1946. Eventually, Doris sold her interest in the flight school and they moved back to Marblehead so Elmer could join the Biro Mfg. Co. business. She and Elmer started a family in 1948 and brought four children into this world in six years.

Doris is survived by her children, Michael (Connie) Biro, Richard "Dick" (Janie) Biro, and DeLite Biro Vogley, all of Marblehead; and grandchildren, Doug (Melissa) Biro of Marblehead, Jeff Biro of Charleston, South Carolina, and Jeff Dobrowolski of Marblehead.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Elmer; daughter, Denise Biro; and grandson, Chuck Dobrowolski.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated by Father Joseph Szybka at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 822 Barclay St., Marblehead, with interment to follow at St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to Father Schaefer Scholarship Fund.

Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.neideckercrosserpriesman.com.

Neidecker, Crosser & Priesman Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Peninsula Chapel, is handling arrangements.