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Yvonne

Yvonne L. Strandell DeBroux

d. November 20, 2008

ROCHESTER 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 Rev. John Torris Lohre and Rev. Kip Groettum of Saint Paul Lutheran Church officiating. A graveside service will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at North Shore Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waukegan, IL.
Ms. Strandell DeBroux, 80, of Rochester, died Thursday (Nov. 20, 2008) at Shorewood Senior Campus Reflections Unit.
Yvonne Lorelei Bunton was born Sept. 26, 1928 in Waukegan, IL where she graduated from High School in January of 1946. On Feb. 18, 1950 she married Ernest Strandell in Waukegan, IL. Mr. Strandell died in 1961. She worked as an editor of the Depot Diary, the newsletter of the Naval Supply Depot in Great Lakes, IL. In 1965 she moved to Appleton, WI 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, NV 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, MN. 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 of West Jordan, UT; a son Douglas (Kari) Strandell of Pine Island; grandchildren Matt (Jen) Shebilske, Ryan (Lori) Wilcox, and Kristen, Laura, and Nathan Strandell; six great grandchildren; and a sister Lyla Hawkinson of Appleton, WI. She was preceded in death by her husbands, and a brother William.
Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to Shorewood Senior Campus Reflections Unit.
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