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<b>First Posted:</b> 3/20/2012

Shirley Dougal Strohl, 79, of Noxen, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012, in the Commonwealth Hospice inpatient unit at St. Luke's Villa, Wilkes-Barre.

Mrs. Strohl was born June 30, 1932, in Breslau, daughter of the late Wilbur and Cora Rogers Dougal.

She graduated from Lake Noxen High School in 1952, and was employed as a seamstress by the Roker Manufacturing Company, Noxen.

Shirley was a member of St. Luke's Reformation Lutheran Church, Noxen, and its Ladies Society, the ILGWU, the Noxen Fire Company Auxiliary, the Dallas American Legion Auxiliary and the 8/40 Veterans Group, Dallas.

She was honored for 50 years of continuous voting.

Her husband, Calvin H. Strohl, died in 1980. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Richard and Wilbur; sisters Dorothy and Ruth Dougal.

She is survived by her son James W. Strohl, Noxen; daughter, Sherry Shiffer, and her husband, Larry, Tunkhannock; son Calvin Strohl Jr. and his wife, Susan, Luzerne; grandchildren, Caleb Shiffer, Harrisonburg, Va.; Cassandra Shiffer, Yatesville; Melissa Whitt, Pittsburgh; Matthew and Chris Strohl, Luzerne; great-granddaughter, Hailey Bond, Dallas; sisters Jane Gill and her husband, Joe, South Carolina; Sharon Pudimott and her husband, Bill, Lake Silkworth; Thelma Leach, Hunlock Creek; several nieces and nephews.

<em>Shirley's funeral service </em>will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., corner of Routes 29 &amp;amp; 118, Pikes Creek, with her pastor, Martin Everhart, officiating. Interment will be in the Orcutt's Grove Cemetery, Noxen. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Luke's Reformation Lutheran Church, Noxen, PA 18636, or the Alzheimer's Association, 57 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, or online at <a href="http://www.alz.org/pa/">www.alz.org/pa/</a>. Online condolences can be made at clswansonfuneralhome.com.

Shirley Strohl