Dorothy Maurice Mabie

1927 - 2012  (85 years)

• Name	Dorothy Maurice Mabie
  Birth	15 Jan 1927	Council Bluffs, Iowa   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	3 Apr 1930	412 Fourth, Valley, Polk County, Iowa   [2]
  	Alex H Mabie, Head, M, W, 27, M, age at first marriage 18, Iowa, England, Wales, crew caller, steam road Maria Mabie, Wife, F, W, 25, M, age at first marriage 16, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa Betty Jane Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 8, S, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa Thelma Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 3 2/12, S, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa Dorothy Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 1/12, S, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa [Thelma and Dorothy reversed]
  Census	19 Apr 1940	2313 East 42nd Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa   [3]
  	Maria Cranmer, Head, F, W, 34, D, completed 1 year high school, born in Iowa, home housework Betty Jane Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 18, S, completed 4 years high school, born in Iowa, home housework Dorothy M Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 13, S, attended school, completed 7 years school, born in Iowa Thelma Gene Mabie, Daughter, F, W, 10, S, attended school, completed 3 years school, born in Iowa
  Death	26 Apr 2012	Clark County, Nevada   [1]
  Obituary	5 May 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada   [4]
  	Dorothy Maurice Odell, 85, a 70-year resident of Henderson and Las Vegas, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2012. Dorothy was born Jan. 15, 1927, in Council Bluffs, Iowa to her now-deceased parents, Alex Henry Mabie and Maria Lucinda (Godwin) Mabie. Dorothy attended Basic High School. She was bright and beautiful, graduating as salutatorian, serving as prom queen and achieving the finals for Miss Henderson in 1948. She will be most fondly remembered as the best mother in the world. Dorothy enjoyed reading, scrabble, crossword puzzles and old movies, which she could recite by memory. She was an avid bridge player, playing with the same group of friends for over 60 years. Dorothy was preceded in death by her sister, Bette Barquistis. She is survived by her husband, of 64 years, Lawrence Carlton Odell; two daughters, Sandra Jean Odell (Douglas Ferraro) of Las Vegas, and Cynthia Jane Odell (Dan Bzdok) of Santa Barbara, Calif.; grandchildren, Craig (Kristi) Ferraro of Avon, Colo., Kim Oliger of Durango, Colo., and Jared (Anita) Bzdok of Rittman, Ohio; great-grandchildren, Brett and Peter Ferraro of Avon and James and Mikael Oliger of Durango; sister, Thelma (Robert) Rawlings of Kensington, Conn.; and nephew, Gary (Wendy) Rawlings of Portland, Conn. She is also survived by her nephew, Ed (Jackie) Barquist of Henderson. A private service will take place at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1900 Buchanan Blvd., Boulder City. Contributions in Dorothy's memory may be made to Easter Seals Nevada or Nathan Adelson Hospice
  Reference Number	28652
  Burial	Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder Cily, Clark County, Nevada   [1]
  Person ID	I28446	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alex Henry Mabie,   b. 17 Aug 1902, Lost Creek, Mahaska County, Iowa d. 25 Jan 1958 (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Maria Lucinda Godwin,   b. 25 Oct 1905, Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa d. 3 Dec 1957, Henderson, Clark County, Nevada (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Aug 1921	Boone, Boone County, Iowa   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F8903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorial# 89657280. [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Valley, Polk, Iowa, Roll: 678, Page 4A, Enumeration District: 121, Image: 324.0. [S455] 1940 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, Roll T627-1197, Page 1A, ED 100-136B. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorial# 89657280, Published in Las Vegas Review-Journal from May 5, 2012. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1945. [S373] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Url: ancestry.com, 1925 Iowa State Census, Valley Junction, Polk County.