- A memorial service for Yvonne L. Strandell DeBroux will be 7 p.m. Monday at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Mahler Chapel in Pine Island, with the Rev. John Torris Lohre and the Rev. Kip Groettum of Saint Paul Lutheran Church, officiating. A graveside service will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at North Shore Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waukegan, Ill.
Ms. Strandell DeBroux, 80, Rochester, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Shorewood Senior Campus Reflections Unit. Yvonne Lorelei Bunton was born Sept. 26, 1928, in Waukegan, Ill., where she graduated from high school in January of 1946. On Feb. 18, 1950, she married Ernest Strandell in Waukegan, Ill. Mr. Strandell died in 1961. She worked as an editor of the Depot Diary, the newsletter of the Naval Supply Depot in Great Lakes, Ill.
In 1965, she moved to Appleton, with her two children. She married Michael DeBroux on June 28, 1967. Mr. DeBroux died in 2001. While in Appleton, she worked as the managing editor of the Park Maintenance Magazine. In 1979, she moved to Reno, Nev., where she was employed as a Safety and Training Coordinator at Ralston-Purina Co. In 1998, she returned to Appleton.
In 2003, she moved to Pine Island, Minn. She had resided at Shorewood Senior Campus for the past four years. She was a member of Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island. She enjoyed music of all kinds, traveling, writing, and gardening.
Survivors include a daughter, Debbie (Brian) Johnson, West Jordan, Utah; a son, Douglas (Kari) Strandell, Pine Island; grandchildren, Matt (Jen) Shebilske, Ryan (Lori) Wilcox and Kristen, Laura, and Nathan Strandell; six great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lyla Hawkinson, Appleton.
She was preceded in death by her husbands and a brother, William.
Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to Shorewood Senior Campus Reflections Unit.
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