Dorcille Lou Widener's Obituary
Dorcille Lou Widener, 86, of Memphis, TX, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 in Lubbock.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 10 AM at First Baptist Church in Memphis with Dale Griswold and Daniel Downey officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis.
Viewing will be held at the funeral home on Friday, August 23rd from 9 AM - 6 PM.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Dorcille was born in Ft. Worth, TX on August 8, 1938 to Cecil and Dorothy (Slade) Stargel. The family moved to Eli when she was 8 years old and she attended school there for two years. Dorcille later moved to Memphis where she met and married her high school sweetheart, Whimpy Widener, on August 23, 1956 in Memphis. Dorcille and Whimpy later added 5 boys to their family.
Dorcille was a homemaker for may years before she worked for Memphis Independent School District for 20 years a secretary, teacher assistant, and bus driver. After that, she worked in the tax office for 8 years. Along with these jobs, she was still able to lovingly raise and care for her husband and five sons. She raised her children in the First Christian Church where she was a Sunday school teacher for several years. She was a member of the Assembly of God church in her later years.
Dorcille was a hardworking woman who helped on the farm. Hand moving pipe, cleaning horse stalls, and taking her boys to horse shows were things she never shied away from. She was a second mom to all the neighborhood kids and always made sure all the kids at the horse shows were fed as their short cook. Dorcille never missed her sons or grandchildren’s sporting events, she was truly their biggest fan. There was nothing more that Dorcille loved than having her rowdy family all together. She always wanted her family to “Remember who you are.”
She is preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Whimpy in 2021.
Dorcille is survived by her 5 sons, Cliff Widener of Ada, OK, Tim Widener of Memphis, Jeff Widener and wife, Jennifer, of Memphis, Jade Widener and wife, Tonya, of Memphis, Ben Widener and wife, Jane, of Wellfleet, NE; sister, Sondra Stargel of Amarillo; Brother, Jack Stargel and wife, Vicky, of Katy, TX; 18 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; and several special friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to First Assembly of God Church in Memphis.
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