Mildred Stroble's Obituary
Mildred Abagail Stroble, 93, of Vandalia,
died on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at Fair Oaks Nursing Home in
Greenville.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on
Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Vandalia, with Dr.
Roger Grimmett officiating. Burial will be in South Hill Cemetery
in Vandalia. Visitation will be held one hour before services on
Saturday at the church.
Mrs. Stroble was born on Aug. 2, 1919,
near Brownstown, the daughter of Josiah M. and Grace Pilcher
Crawford. She graduated from Brownstown High School in 1938.
She married Paul E. Stroble on July 12,
1941, in St. Charles, MO. They spent most of their lives in
Vandalia and were married for 58 years. He died in 1999.
She was a former employee of the G.C.
Murphy store in Vandalia and was a tour guide at the Vandalia
Statehouse. She and Paul were members of the First United Methodist
Church in Vandalia. Over the years, she was active in the community
including the church, the Jefferson School PTA, First Christian
Church Sunday school, Cameo Club, Evergreen Outreach and Friends of
the Old Capitol.
She is survived by her son, Paul, and his
wife Beth of St. Louis, Mo.; and granddaughter, Emily of St.
Louis.
She was preceded in death by her parents
and her brother, Harold W. Crawford of Vandalia.
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