Born 03/29/1927 to Melvin & N. Beatrice (Brown) Williams in Petosksey, MI.  She was about 6 years old when her family moved to White Cloud on Baseline, where she was raised and attended White Cloud Public Schools, and graduated in 1945.

In August of 1945 she married Theodore Prestly, Sr.  Together they operated a 200-acre farm. They fell into hard times as the war went on, and rationing became a way of life. Not able to go to war, Ted stayed home to farm, supplying food.

Ted and Doris had four children: Theodore, Jr., Patricia, Gordon, and Donna.

Doris wished to give credit to James Misner for her successful business career, taking in office machines and management (after the kids were home from school). This led to her first job at Mathews Agency in Kent City, MI. While there, she was also going to night school - 2 nights a week in Grand Rapids for the Everette Township Treasurer office as they were going to a universal accounting system. Then to Newaygo Sports office as they were going to a universal accounting system, then to the Newaygo County School system. It was at this time that the 32-year marriage to Ted Prestly, Sr., ended in divorce.

Doris went to Butterworth Hospital ER, where she worked several years and did bookwork at a gas station while in Grand Rapids, MI. She then applied to be office manager at a rehab center in Florida; then to an Annex Clinic of Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte; then to Englewood to the new hospital until it was organized resulting going back to Fawcett Hospital, where she worked in several positions.

While in Florida she reunited with her childhood sweetheart, and retired from hospital work, only to be asked to come to work for doctors who had left the hospital ER to start their own business, the American Medical Association, with 17 doctors. Jack and Doris were married March 17,1990 in Florida.

A member of the Croton Trinity Bible Church, Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin & N. Beatrice Willams; husband, Jack Hoover; ex-husband, Theodore Prestly, Sr.; former in-laws, Percy and Louise Prestly; daughter, Patricia (Prestly) Davis; Myrna & Roy Struther; four brothers - Terry, Robert, Loren, and Verne Williams; daughter - in - law, Charlene Prestly. Surviving are children: Theodore, Jr. (Significant other - Donna V.); Gordon (Cathy Clayborn) Prestly; Donna (Prestly) Kester (significant other - Randy Trimm). Sister - Betty Cook. Stepsister - Marian Richards. 2 stepsons - Steve (Hoover) Clack, of Texas, and Keith Hoover of Florida. 9 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, 6 great-great grandchildren. As well as many nieces and nephews. 

She had a lifelong love of music and dancing. Many thanks to Ralph Zimmerman for his help and friendship throughout the years, as well as many friends and families over the years. She will be greatly missed.