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Mary Kibler
MARY KIBLER
Washington
Mary Margaret Dockendorff Kibler, 66, of Sun Lakes, Ariz., passed away Monday, June 2, 2014, at the Friendship Village Hospice House in Tempe, Ariz. Celebration of Life services will be held at a later date. Interment will be at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Danville, Iowa.
Memorials have been established for Paws & More Animal Shelter in Washington, Iowa, or to a charity of choice.
Online condolences may be sent for Mary's family through the web at www.
jonesfh.com.
Mary Margaret was born July 31, 1947, in Burlington, Iowa, the youngest child of Elsie Margaret (Stimson) and Max William Dockendorff. She was welcomed by three older siblings, two sisters and a brother. Mary graduated from Danville High School. She held a B.A. degree and the Master of Arts in music degree from Arizona State University. Mary also received her CPA and worked for a time as a certified public accountant. She was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity and the Alpha Lambda Delta scholastic honorary.
Her career was as a trust officer at Northern Trust in Phoenix, Ariz., and Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust in Cedar
Rapids. Earlier in life, she began as a classical musician and played principal flute for Arizona Opera.
Mary was a member of Toastmasters International, where she served as district governor and the international director from Region III. She was member of the Phoenix Rotary 100 and a Paul Harris Fellow. She loved to travel and her adventures took her to five continents. And she loved her pets, both dogs and cats.
Mary Margaret is survived by her husband, Charles Kibler of Sun Lakes, Ariz.; her mother, Elsie Dockendorff of Washington, Iowa; her sister,
Karen (Gary) Murphy of Washington, Iowa; her sister, Jan Dockendorff (John Dowdall) of Marion; her sister-in-law, Frances Jackson of Portland, Ore.; five nieces and nephews, Derek Murphy (Dorrie) of Bettendorf, Janelle Menzia-Murphy (Jess) of Portland, Ore., Matthew Murphy
(Sylvia) of Atlanta, Ga., Brian Boland (Wakako) of Albany, Calif., and Amy Hunzelman (Joel) of Waverly; and 10 great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father, Max Dockendorff in 1982; and her brother, Lyle Dockendorff in 2011.
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