Doris Jacqueline Pinkston

Doris Jacqueline Pinkston, age 98, passed away on March 26, 2026 at Rose Garden of Pana (formerly Prairie Rose Health Center) in Pana, Illinois after entering hospice care in March of 2025 and then being released in September of 2025. She entered hospice care again in February of 2026.

Doris was born October 25, 1927, in Pana, the daughter of Elizabeth Mary Buttergeit Kronshagen and Arthur Kronshagen, both immigrants of Germany. Doris graduated from Pana High School where she was a majorette with the band and was elected Homecoming Queen her senior year.

She married Fred (Fritz) Henry Weber on November 8, 1947, at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Pana. They began their family of five children. After being a stay-at-home mom for 14 years, Doris worked at People’s Bank and Trust in Pana from 1962 until her retirement as Assistant Vice President.

Doris is survived by two of her eight siblings: Henrietta Mary Marley of Rosamond, Illinois, and Carol Sue Walden of Shelbyville, Illinois. She is also survived by four of her five children: Cheryl (Bill) Lair of Charleston, Illinois, Karen (John) Franklin of Sherman, Illinois, Doris Jean Frost of Pana, Illinois, and Janice (Chris) Davis of Pine Island, Florida. She is also survived by ten grandchildren: David Lair, Heather Lair Socarras, Patrick Lair, Sarah Barlow, John Franklin, Fred Weber, Arron Weber, Molly-Jean Vits, Ronald Frost, Caleb Davis, and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Doris was preceded in death by six of her siblings: Elizabeth Helen Wiss, Marian Jean Weber, Norma Irene Creamer, Margaret Rose Sperry, Thelma Mae Smart, and Arthur Kronshagen. Also preceding her in death was her husband, one son, Fred (Fritzie) Arthur Weber and one granddaughter, Amanda Frost.

In lieu of a funeral and burial, Doris had requested cremation with a Celebration of Life at a future date. Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.