She was married to Terry Ehret in 1975, Graham Turner in 1981 & Rodney Fiddaman in 1990. Her son Stewart Turner was born in 1985. Doris lived in Sydney, then Adelaide, the Philippines & Canberra.

From January 1999 to March 2003, Doris was the Director of St Johns Care in Canberra, which is where she achieved her life's goal of helping others without judgement or prejudice and encouraged her volunteers to do the same.

On 14 July 2003, while exercising at home in Seattle, Doris collapsed from an aneurism & was diagnosed as brain dead early the next morning, local time. Both of her kidneys were transplanted into male recipients in their early forties. Her heart valves were recovered but were unsuitable for transplant.

Memorial services for Doris were attended by over 70 people in Seattle & over 320 people in Canberra. Her ashes were distributed underwater by Rodney & Stewart in an area known as The 3 Ships, on the Roy Rufus Reef, between Hervey Bay & Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

Doris received numerous tributes, including those listed at left & below.