March 13, 1938 –April 1, 2017
Sonja passed away in her sleep on April 1, at her home in Mount Vernon WA, after battling cancer for several years.
Sonja is survived by herhusband of 58 years Stephen G Doran, brother Herbert Lynwood Oden Jr,sister Molly Stewart, daughter Denise Price, son Stephen R Doran andwife Jennifer, grandchildren Rebecca Kamena and Jason Kalles, and greatgrandchildren Clive, Audrey, Victoria, and Calvin.
Sonja was the oldest child ofHerbert Lynwood Oden and Achsah Oden and was born on Hatteras Island,North Carolina. She was a 60 year member of the Order of Eastern Starand a member of the Methodist church. She married Steve on December22,1958 and became a Navy wife. She traveled to many places as a Navywife but her heart always remained at Hatteras. She loved the warmth,sunshine, the people and the white sandy beaches of her Hatteras Islandand she never lost her southern hospitality.
According to her wishes there will be no service, a marker of her remembrance will be placed in the family cemetery in Hatteras.
