Jennifer Elaine Doornbos - April 2, 1957 - August 8, 2021
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Jennifer Elaine Doornbos April 2, 1957 - August 8, 2021
Celebrating the Life of
Jennifer Elaine Doornbos
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 11:00 a.m.
Broussard’s Chapel
Nederland, Texas
Reverend Kevin M Kissel
Words of Grace
Welcome
Opening Prayer
“How Great Thou Art”
Bible Reading
Lord’s Prayer
“Old Rugged Cross”
Bible Reading
Message
“Amazing Grace”
Final Blessing
“My Way”
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Jennifer Elaine Doornbos,
64, of Nederland, died Sunday, August 8,
2021, at Christus Southeast Texas – St.
Elizabeth, Beaumont. She was born April
2, 1957, in DeRidder, Louisiana, to Peggy
Lou Durham Doornbos and Richard E.
Doornbos.
Jennifer moved to Southeast Texas with
her family in 1971 and graduated from
Nederland High School in 1975. She had
a passion for life and many causes are
better today because of her time and
efforts. She is best described by her friends as a strong, intelligent
woman that never backed down.
A devoted Texas A&M forever Aggie, Jennifer harbored a constant
thirst for knowledge. She went back to school and studied geology;
business; environmental science; counseling; trade relations; and
equine science at different times in her life receiving multiple
degrees.
Jennifer began her life riding in the truck with her dad to check
cattle, horses, and attend livestock sales, shows, and she learned
the hard work of ranching and farming in her young life. It was
here she developed her love for animals.
Born with a passion for animals and a competitive spirit, she
was drawn to the show ring with her animals. In the 1980’s
she created Lazy P Quarter Horses and took it to the next level
showing champion American Quarter Horses. A stallion named
Eazy Jet was purchased to show and begin a breeding program.
The stallion won many championships, including the Houston
Livestock Show Reining Champion trophy. Many great Doornbos
show horses were bred, raised, and shown by legendary trainers,
Matlock Rose and Robbie Schroeder.
She loved the rodeo and built a lifetime of friendships, enjoying
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the adventure of the road with many local professional cowboys
and cowgirls, coast to coast. Like so many others, they were her
second family.
In 2009, Jennifer created Seeds of Hope, a community service
organization aimed at improving the lives of others in various
ways. She worked with the court systems as a court-appointed
advocate. She immersed herself in community activities and
relations, attending monthly political meets, dedications, and
local town meetings. She considered herself a philanthropist
and conservationist, working tirelessly with many organizations
including the Different Rhythm Foundation.
Her love for cocker spaniels led her to the American Kennel Club
show ring where her two champion dogs, Gypsy and Tinkerbell,
competed at major shows including the 2020 and 2021 Westminster
dog show where Tinkerbell won high honors.
Of all her passions, her friends were always at the top. Jennifer
was never too busy to go to lunch and listen. She was the first one
to take your car to get the tires checked if you were working and
she showered people and their children with unexpected gifts,
shared comp tickets to shows at the casino, and always took time
to send flowers and attend family and friends’ funerals. Nobody’s
funeral was too far for her to go to pay her respects.
She leaves behind many, many friends and family members who
will miss her fiery spirit dearly.
Survivors include Barbara D. Walters; Peggy D. Thomas; Carolyn
R. Barnett; Billy W. Doornbos; H. Donald Barnett; Cornelus
Doornbos III; and David Durham; a host of many more cousins
and friends; and her fur babies, Tinker Bell and Gypsy.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Peggy and Richard
Doornbos; and sister, Lisa Doornbos Eubanks.
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The Twenty-Third Psalm
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the
path of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil;
for Thou art with me;
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life; and I
will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
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Pallbearers
Ricky Evans
Neil Doornbos
Kirk Thomas
Don Barnett
David Durham
Stone Haynes
Casey Craigen
Honorary Pallbearers
Duke Youmans
Robert Barnett
Interment
Oak Bluff Memorial Park
Port Neches, Texas
Memorial Contributions
American Spaniel Club Foundation for Spaniel Cataract Research
c/o Linda Moore
6627 Robin Road
Dallas, Texas 75209
ascf.treasurer.linda@gmail.com
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First Methodist Church Nederland
P.O. Box 905
Nederland, Texas 77627
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