Death and Legacy
Docking died from emphysema in 1964 in a hospital in Kansas City, Kansas and is interred at the Highland Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. His son Robert Docking served four terms as Governor of Kansas, from 1967 to 1975, and the Docking family remains one of the most prominent in Kansas politics. Docking was a champion amateur tennis player and a master Contract bridge player.
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