Doris M. Hogan

January 21, 1925 - October 6, 2018

Doris Hogan, 93, slipped into eternal sleep at CMH on October 6th after a brief illness and a long full life. Doris DeNeef was born and raised in Brooklyn, where she had her first job at American Machine & Foundry. She also worked for Gulf Oil in Manhattan. While visiting friends in Columbia County she met and later married John dePeyster, with whom she raised 3 children on the family farm. She was devoted to being a mother and homemaker, but it was always important to her to have an outside career as well. Her first job in Hudson was at Richmond’s. After that she worked at Ziesenitz Stationers for many years, and then at Kd Hallmark until her retirement. In 1987, Doris married John Hogan and spent many happy years with him traveling and delighting in the extended family of children and grandchildren that came with the marriage. After his death, she moved to Middle Road in Greenport, where she lived until the end alongside her dear neighbors Alice & Hank Vedder and Judy & Cameron Fielder. Throughout her life, Doris was known for her sense of style, energy, determination, resourcefulness, and ability to get things done. She was a 70+ year member of the Mt. Pleasant Reformed Church, past President of Hudson Fortnightly, a volunteer at the Second Show, and a member of the Adult Learning Institute and Greenport Historical Society. To all of these and other endeavors she gave her time and talents freely. To her family, friends and acquaintances, she was thoughtful, caring and always ready to help. She was known for sending cards for all occasions, for her wonderful flower arrangements and pies, especially apple and lemon meringue, and for the generosity with which she bestowed these and other gifts on her friends and family. She enjoyed all social occasions, shopping, cooking, home decorating, plays and ballet, travel, gardening, and feeding the birds. Until her final days, she completed the daily Jumble, often in just a few minutes. Doris was pre-deceased by her two husbands, two step sons Daniel Hogan and John Hogan Jr. and her brother Robert DeNeef. She is survived by her children Tom dePeyster and his wife Janet, daughters Karen and Deb dePeyster, her beloved cat KC, and nieces Michelle Allario and Christy Pincheon, their spouses and children. Also Peter & Diane Hogan, Jim & Rosemarie Hogan, Nancy & Ralph Grover, Vanessa Madore and husband Matt, Noreen Connolly, Mary & Felix Riojas, AnnMarie Hogan, Kathryn Hogan, JoAnne Hogan and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Calling hours will be Tuesday October 9, from 4-7pm at the Bates & Anderson Redmond & Keeler Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at the Mt. Pleasant Reformed Church in Greenport on Wednesday October 10th at 11:00am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society, Animalkind, or Mt. Pleasant Reformed Church. The family wishes to thank the staff of Columbia Memorial Health for the attentive, compassionate care provided during her final illness.