Douglas Allen Herring

May 30, 1939 - June 25, 2016

Douglas Allen Herring, 77, of Winchester, died Saturday, June 25, 2016 in Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center. He was born May 30, 1939 in Winchester the son of Joseph Paul and Ethel Sirbaugh Herring. As a young man, Doug worked for H.B. Butler Orchards and Zeropak. He then worked for Washington Gas for over thirty-four years. His grandfather, Howard Sirbaugh, was the first and only Apple Blossom King in the 1920s. Surviving are his brothers, Donald Herring and his wife Dorothy and Denny Herring and his wife Mary (with whom he made his home) all of Winchester; a sister, Irma Kelly and her husband Gene of Aptos, CA; two aunts, Betty Pingley and Jean Herring both of Winchester; an uncle, Julian Sirbaugh and his wife Nellie of Stephens City; and the rest of his extended family; Denyse and Adam Phelps, Emma Phelps, Riley Phelps, Keith and Liza Herring, Campbell Helsley, Logan Herring, Lane Herring, Justin and Samantha Herring, Mike and Jill Kelly, Erin, John, Scott and Marc, Jeff and Sheila Kelly and Dustin, David and Chewy Kelly, Dawn and Calvin Herring and Marty, Timmy and Nora Herring and T.J. and Glenna Alterman. A funeral service will be Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. in Phelps Funeral Chapel, 311 Hope Drive, Winchester. Burial will follow in Shenandoah Memorial Park. Casket bearers will be his boys, Denny Herring, Keith Herring, Justin Herring, Adam Phelps, Logan Herring and Riley Phelps. Friends will be received on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. in the funeral chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Winchester, VA 22601. Arrangements are by Phelps Funeral & Cremation Service, Winchester.