Christine E. Dobbins (a/k/a Mimi) daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and character extraordinaire, lived life at full speed, dying a peaceful death Westminster Oaks Health Center in Tallahassee, Fl on February 12, 2018.
Mimi was 89 years young, having outlived her generation, and her former husband. A native Virginian, she was born in Salem, a small yet important town in the SW corner of the state, on November 11, 1928, then known as Armistice Day. The youngest of an older sister and brother, her father was a WWI Army veteran, having suffered the loss of a leg while serving in France. Growing up during the Depression years was financially difficult though Mimi overcame her humble beginnings through grit, determination, and spirit.
Marrying early at age 17 to a returning local WWII combat Marine veteran Pete Dobbins. They traveled extensively and frequently while birthing and rearing two sons. A favorite duty station was living in Quito, Ecuador, 1961-63 and maintaining an active social and church life lived among military, State Department, missionary, and local personalities.
Chris lived in Gainesville, FL since 1969 where she was a member of 1st United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star, as well as serving others in various volunteer roles. An excellent cook, she loved people, travel, dogs, cats, and birds, while bequeathing a taste for the finer things in life-chocolate and ice cream, to her children and grandchildren.
After a fall in Tallahassee while visiting her son, she lived at Westminster Oaks the last seven years.
Chris is survived by two sons: Dan (Tallahassee); Tim (Philadelphia); and four grandchildren, Courtney (NYC); Rebecca (Lugano, Switzerland); John (Philadelphia); and Matt (Falls Church, VA).
A Parade of Love unfolded at Mimi's Memorial Service, including the service of Holy Communion the day before her death by friends from Faith Presbyterian Church. Her ashes were buried in the Memorial Gardens at historic 1st United Methodist Church in Gainesville.
Mimi was 89 years young, having outlived her generation, and her former husband. A native Virginian, she was born in Salem, a small yet important town in the SW corner of the state, on November 11, 1928, then known as Armistice Day. The youngest of an older sister and brother, her father was a WWI Army veteran, having suffered the loss of a leg while serving in France. Growing up during the Depression years was financially difficult though Mimi overcame her humble beginnings through grit, determination, and spirit.
Marrying early at age 17 to a returning local WWII combat Marine veteran Pete Dobbins. They traveled extensively and frequently while birthing and rearing two sons. A favorite duty station was living in Quito, Ecuador, 1961-63 and maintaining an active social and church life lived among military, State Department, missionary, and local personalities.
Chris lived in Gainesville, FL since 1969 where she was a member of 1st United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star, as well as serving others in various volunteer roles. An excellent cook, she loved people, travel, dogs, cats, and birds, while bequeathing a taste for the finer things in life-chocolate and ice cream, to her children and grandchildren.
After a fall in Tallahassee while visiting her son, she lived at Westminster Oaks the last seven years.
Chris is survived by two sons: Dan (Tallahassee); Tim (Philadelphia); and four grandchildren, Courtney (NYC); Rebecca (Lugano, Switzerland); John (Philadelphia); and Matt (Falls Church, VA).
A Parade of Love unfolded at Mimi's Memorial Service, including the service of Holy Communion the day before her death by friends from Faith Presbyterian Church. Her ashes were buried in the Memorial Gardens at historic 1st United Methodist Church in Gainesville.
Christine E. Dobbins (a/k/a Mimi) daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and character extraordinaire, lived life at full speed, dying a peaceful death Westminster Oaks Health Center in Tallahassee, Fl on February 12, 2018.
Mimi was 89 years young, having outlived her generation, and her former husband. A native Virginian, she was born in Salem, a small yet important town in the SW corner of the state, on November 11, 1928, then known as Armistice Day. The youngest of an older sister and brother, her father was a WWI Army veteran, having suffered the loss of a leg while serving in France. Growing up during the Depression years was financially difficult though Mimi overcame her humble beginnings through grit, determination, and spirit.
Marrying early at age 17 to a returning local WWII combat Marine veteran Pete Dobbins. They traveled extensively and frequently while birthing and rearing two sons. A favorite duty station was living in Quito, Ecuador, 1961-63 and maintaining an active social and church life lived among military, State Department, missionary, and local personalities.
Chris lived in Gainesville, FL since 1969 where she was a member of 1st United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star, as well as serving others in various volunteer roles. An excellent cook, she loved people, travel, dogs, cats, and birds, while bequeathing a taste for the finer things in life-chocolate and ice cream, to her children and grandchildren.
After a fall in Tallahassee while visiting her son, she lived at Westminster Oaks the last seven years.
Chris is survived by two sons: Dan (Tallahassee); Tim (Philadelphia); and four grandchildren, Courtney (NYC); Rebecca (Lugano, Switzerland); John (Philadelphia); and Matt (Falls Church, VA).
A Parade of Love unfolded at Mimi's Memorial Service, including the service of Holy Communion the day before her death by friends from Faith Presbyterian Church. Her ashes were buried in the Memorial Gardens at historic 1st United Methodist Church in Gainesville.
Mimi was 89 years young, having outlived her generation, and her former husband. A native Virginian, she was born in Salem, a small yet important town in the SW corner of the state, on November 11, 1928, then known as Armistice Day. The youngest of an older sister and brother, her father was a WWI Army veteran, having suffered the loss of a leg while serving in France. Growing up during the Depression years was financially difficult though Mimi overcame her humble beginnings through grit, determination, and spirit.
Marrying early at age 17 to a returning local WWII combat Marine veteran Pete Dobbins. They traveled extensively and frequently while birthing and rearing two sons. A favorite duty station was living in Quito, Ecuador, 1961-63 and maintaining an active social and church life lived among military, State Department, missionary, and local personalities.
Chris lived in Gainesville, FL since 1969 where she was a member of 1st United Methodist Church, the Eastern Star, as well as serving others in various volunteer roles. An excellent cook, she loved people, travel, dogs, cats, and birds, while bequeathing a taste for the finer things in life-chocolate and ice cream, to her children and grandchildren.
After a fall in Tallahassee while visiting her son, she lived at Westminster Oaks the last seven years.
Chris is survived by two sons: Dan (Tallahassee); Tim (Philadelphia); and four grandchildren, Courtney (NYC); Rebecca (Lugano, Switzerland); John (Philadelphia); and Matt (Falls Church, VA).
A Parade of Love unfolded at Mimi's Memorial Service, including the service of Holy Communion the day before her death by friends from Faith Presbyterian Church. Her ashes were buried in the Memorial Gardens at historic 1st United Methodist Church in Gainesville.
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