Doris Houghton Green

Doris Houghton Green, age 90 of West Grove, PA, died Friday, June 14th, 2024 at Twin Pines Health Care Center.  Doris was born in Somerville, NJ in 1933, the daughter of Bernard Houghton and Marie Carroll Houghton.

Doris is survived by her three daughters: Deb de Sherbinin of Manchester, MA, Lynn Wunsch of Denver, CO and Jodi Murphy of Scaggsville, MD, as well as Deb's husband Nicholas de Sherbinin and granddaughters Alex de Sherbinin Lemieux (husband, Jared Lemieux and great grandchildren Ava and Cora ) and Tasha de Sherbinin Greenwald (husband, Brendon Greenwald and great grandchild, Hadley).

As a small child, Doris grew up in New Jersey, New York, Colorado and ultimately, Pennsylvania. She is predeceased by her two brothers Ronald B. Houghton and E. Edward Houghton. The Houghton siblings all grew up in the Radnor Hunt area where they were active in the Radnor Pony Club, area horse shows and fox hunting with the Radnor Hunt. Doris had a deep seated love of horses and continued to actively follow Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds all her life until entering Twin Pines. She was also fond of Point to Point horse races, which she regularly attended and tailgated with family and friends.

Doris was an active person and in her younger years enjoyed traveling within the US and abroad. 

Along with horses, she loved her dogs, her children and the outdoors, tennis, skiing, skating, snowmobiling, canoeing and many other sports and activities. She enjoyed a good laugh and practical jokes. She encouraged and shared her passions with all of her children.

As a young woman, Doris attended business school and worked initially within the banking industry and later worked as a bookkeeper and assistant manager of the now-gone Longwood Inn. Doris also volunteered with the "Critters" group at the Brandywine River Museum, making holiday ornaments out of objects found in nature.

The scattering of her ashes will be private. Memorial contributions can be made to your favorite animal charity or the Cheshire Land Preservation Fund, Post Office Box 983, Unionville, Pennsylvania 19375, which benefits the Cheshire hunt. Arrangements by Kuzo Funeral Home of Kennett Square, PA.

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