Dorothy J. Snell's Obituary
Dorothy June Snell died on Sunday, December 13, 2015. Born in Eagle Grove Iowa to Wylie and Grace McVicker, she attended school there and upon her graduation entered business school. She married Malcolm Snell in April of 1946, and they had two children Kathryn and Don. After working for many years in Michigan, Malcolm & Dorothy moved to Memphis and she worked as a school secretary at Wells Station Elementary. In 1973, they moved again to Charlotte, N. C. where they lived until Malcolm’s death in 1980. Dorothy returned to Memphis to be closer to her children and began doing volunteer work. She worked for over 17 years at the Wesley Highland Manor and more recently at St. Francis Hospital. Her volunteer friends were extremely important to her and her work there gave her much pleasure, and she was awarded “Volunteer of the Year” in 2010. She leaves her sister, Beverly McVicker of Eagle Grove, her children and their spouses: Kathryn and Steve Jones and Don and Ann Snell; Her grandchildren: Brian Jones and his wife Rebecca, Whitney and her husband David Cheek. Danielle Marcone, and Matt Snell. Great grandchildren, Ava, Anthony, and Aaron Marcone, Mallory Myatt and Brent and Trevor Jones. Her love of family was equal to her love of all people. She was loved by everyone and stayed busy until the very end of her life. Fiercely independent, she lived alone without any assistance and attended church every Sunday, was still driving in September of this year and still volunteering at St. Francis. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 17th with funeral services at 2:00 pm at Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment will be at the Southwoods Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to St. Jude Hospital or Germantown United Methodist Church.Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119. “Celebrating Life… Behind the Stone Wall”
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