Nadine Collingwood Doerr passed away on January 30, 2009 at Enloe Hospital, Chico, California, at age 86.

Nadine was born June 25, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois to Gilbert and Nan (Hankins) Collingwood. She attended grade and high school in Savanna, Illinois and graduated from St. Luke's School of Nursing in Chicago. She was a registered nurse in Illinois and California for over 50 years, and worked as a nurse while her husband was overseas during World War II.

On September 30, 1944 Nadine married Dale D. Doerr in Waukegan, Illinois. They made their first home in Palos Park, Illinois, where she was a deacon in the Palos Park Presbyterian Church and president of the Palos Park Garden Club. They lived in Deerfield, Illinois and Walnut Creek, California before retiring to Oroville, CA in 1983.

Nadine was an active player in the local duplicate bridge clubs, reaching the level of Bronze Life Master of the American Contract Bridge League. In addition to bridge, she enjoyed traveling - visiting all 50 states and many countries - visiting with family and friends, reading, and volunteering for many service organizations that helped others.

She is survived by her husband, Dale, daughter Aleta of Portland, Oregon, daughter, son-in-law, Liza and Michael Johnson, grandchildren Justin and Hilary Stevens, and two great-grandsons, all of Paradise, California, and eleven in-laws with their spouses: Lucylle Doerr; Ken and Vada Doerr of Hettinger, North Dakota; Vaughn and Jean Doerr, Bev and Jim LeFebre of Lodgepole, South Dakota; Alan and Elma Doerr of Minot, North Dakota;and June and Bill Stevens of Stanley, North Dakota. She was preceded in death by her parents and five in-laws: Margaret and Clairmont Johnson, Walter Doerr, and Gene and Virginia Doerr.

A private family service will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be at the Lodgepole Cemetery in Lodgepole, South Dakota. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to the Oroville Salvation Army.