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Obituary for Dorothy K. Strobl (Grosvenor)
Dorothy Strobl, 96, of Murphysboro, passed away at 9:32 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Illinois.
Dorothy was born on November 21, 1920, in Cora, Illinois, to Howard and Anna (Higgerson) Grosvenor.
She had worked at former Brown Shoe Factory in Murphysboro before she started her family.
Mrs. Strobl was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Murphysboro.
She was an avid bowler and was a member of the 500 Club in Evansville, Indiana.
Dorothy loved her scotty dog--Duncan--very much, as well as her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She married Alphonse "Al" Strobl on July 5, 1946, in Arkansas, and he preceded her in death on March 1, 1980.
Dorothy is survived by two children Margaret Edgar and her husband Randall Edgar of Ava and Gary Strobl and his wife Laurie Strobl of Elko, NV;
four grandchildren Travis Edgar of Murphysboro, Adrian Edgar and Lindsay Compton, both of Ava, Colton Strobl of Elko, NV;
three great grandchildren Kaden Compton, Karter Compton, and Adreanna Edgar, all of Ava;
one sister Roxie Ward of Murphysboro;
and her good friends Beulah McLaughland, Norma Johnson and Twyla Panus.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons in infancy, two brothers Raymond and Clifford Grosvenor, and one sister Jewel Dryer.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Pettett Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Frye officiating and burial will be at St. Andrew Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday until 2 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Church of the Nazarene in Murphysboro or the St. Francis No Kill Animal Shelter. For more information, please visit www.pettettfuneralhome.com.
Dorothy was born on November 21, 1920, in Cora, Illinois, to Howard and Anna (Higgerson) Grosvenor.
She had worked at former Brown Shoe Factory in Murphysboro before she started her family.
Mrs. Strobl was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Murphysboro.
She was an avid bowler and was a member of the 500 Club in Evansville, Indiana.
Dorothy loved her scotty dog--Duncan--very much, as well as her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
She married Alphonse "Al" Strobl on July 5, 1946, in Arkansas, and he preceded her in death on March 1, 1980.
Dorothy is survived by two children Margaret Edgar and her husband Randall Edgar of Ava and Gary Strobl and his wife Laurie Strobl of Elko, NV;
four grandchildren Travis Edgar of Murphysboro, Adrian Edgar and Lindsay Compton, both of Ava, Colton Strobl of Elko, NV;
three great grandchildren Kaden Compton, Karter Compton, and Adreanna Edgar, all of Ava;
one sister Roxie Ward of Murphysboro;
and her good friends Beulah McLaughland, Norma Johnson and Twyla Panus.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons in infancy, two brothers Raymond and Clifford Grosvenor, and one sister Jewel Dryer.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Pettett Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Frye officiating and burial will be at St. Andrew Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday until 2 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Church of the Nazarene in Murphysboro or the St. Francis No Kill Animal Shelter. For more information, please visit www.pettettfuneralhome.com.
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