Wasco-Multnomah-Washington County OR Archives Obituaries.....Froebe, Verba Phyllis August 19, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 11, 2006, 12:56 am The Dalles Chronicle, August 22, 2005 Verba Phyllis Froebe, 80, a resident of The Dalles for the past 50 years, died at a local hospital on Friday, Aug. 19, 2005. She was born Dec. 14, 1924, in Yakima, Wash., the younger of two children to Warren Hubert and Vesta Ruth (Axtell) Maxey. She grew up in Yakima and had lived in Portland and Hillsboro before settling in The Dalles. She married Carl E. Froebe on Sept. 8, 1943, in Portland. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. She was a homemaker and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as a women’s leader, children’s leader and temple worker in the Portland Temple. Her hobbies included genealogy, gardening and she was an avid reader and a great cook. She is survived by her children, Karen and her husband, Thomas Tingey, Caldwell, Idaho; Diane Froebe, The Dalles and Steven Froebe and his wife, Ann, Sandy, Utah; 17 grandchildren and 24, great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl; her brother, Russell; and her parents. Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home on Monday, Aug. 22, from 2 to 7 p.m. and the family will be present from 6 to 7 p.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the day of the services at the church. Viewing will also be from 9 to 11 a.m. at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home on Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at The Dalles Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Jason Corey presiding. Interment will follow at The Dalles Three Mile Road IOOF Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Perpetual Education Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, c/o Bishop Jason Corey or in memory of her quiet service to others, Haven, P.O. Box The Dalles, OR 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/f/froebe1134gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb