Profiles of Life: Bill Doty

Southwest Oklahoma City resident Bill Doty loved golf, usually at Earlywine Park, but didn't play as much as he would have liked because he spent so much time working.

Doty, 54, was a meat-cutter by profession and an assistant manager for Spencer's Super Thrift at Interstate 44 and State Highway 37. He had also worked at Snyder's IGA in Yukon, and at times was known to work two jobs. On Monday, he was working at Spencer's, which was narrowly missed by a tornado, when he suffered a heart attack.

"He was a hard worker, and he was a great dad," said his wife, Sondra, a kindergarten teacher at Moore Christian School. "He loved to play golf but didn't get to very often, because he had to work so much."

Doty, a Marlow native, was father to two sons, Mike, 28, and Dakota, 8.

"He had a great sense of humor," said his wife. "He liked to tell jokes. He was kind of ornery and liked to pull practical jokes."

A neighbor, Glen West, said he had known Doty for a couple of years.

"He was a real good family man. He loved his family," said West. "When they would leave for work in the morning, I'd see him kiss her goodbye. I thought that was kind of nice."

- Mac Bentley