Dorothy Pearl Dibble

Dorothy Pearl Dibble obituary, Smith Center, KS

Dorothy Pearl Dibble

Dorothy Dibble Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Rentschler Family Mortuaries - Clark Gashaw Chapel - Osborne on Nov. 18, 2022.
Dorothy Pearl (Glodfelty) Dibble 96 years young passed away on November 18, 2022 at the Osborne County Hospital.
Dorothy was born January 28, 1926 just south of Woodston, Kansas to Irving and Blanche Glodfelty. She attended high school in Woodston, Kansas, graduating in 1943. She married Everette Dibble on December 15, 1943. She was a mother, homemaker, school cook, sewer, quilter and one heck of a grandma. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Alton, the VFW Ladies Auxilary, past member of Pleasant Valley Homemakers, several quilters guilds, and the Pleasant Valley Cemetery Board.
She was preceded in death by her husband Everette, her parents, a brother, four sisters, a son-in-law, a grandson, a grand son-in-law and one great grand daughter.
Survivors include daughters Karen Nowlin of Salina, Marsha (Keith) Doane of Downs, a son, Jim (Sherry) Dibble of Hays. Eight grandchildren Scott (Stacy) Nowlin of Amoret, Missouri, Vonda (Tym) Bonilla of Salina, Michael (Julie) Doane, Parkville, Missouri, Rodney (Lindsey) Doane of Alton, Brett (Chandra) Doane of Downs, Craig (Shawna) Doane of Downs, KS, Kim Reel of Hays, Andrew (Kate) Dibble of Overland Park, Ks. There are 29 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great-grandchildren.
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