Lois Ann Dobbins, age 78, of Celina, passed away on Wednesday May 7, 2014 at Otterbein Retirement Center in St. Marys. She was born December 17, 1935 in Lima to the late James R. & Mary E. (Glinko) Reese. On December 27, 1955 she married Richard L. "Dick" Dobbins in Cincinnati, and he survives in St. Marys. She is also survived by four children, Michael & Jane (Ouellette) Dobbins of Lebanon, Indiana, Stephen & Lisa (Collins) Dobbins of Silver Springs, Maryland, Katherine & Larry Crouch of Arlington, Texas, and Antoinette Dobbins of Columbus, six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, in laws Alan & Ann Dobbins of Columbus and Leonard Dobbins of Grove City, nieces and nephews and special friends Ilona Zizelman and Craig Meyer of Rockford. She is preceded in death by a daughter Kimberly Ann LaCourse and a granddaughter Allyson LaCourse. She was a long-time school nurse at Immaculate Conception School in Celina; because of her responsibilities there she was very fond of "her" children at I.C. She was a member of Holy Trinity Church in Coldwater, the Phi Beta Psi sorority, OSMA, AMAA, St. Elizabeth Alumni, Julienne High School Alumni, State Teacher Assoc. Red Hat Ladies, Lakeside players and was a lay minister, lay presider and a lector. Lois was an extreme animal lover. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 PM on Monday, May 12, 2014 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Coldwater. Burial will follow in St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater. Friends may call from 10 AM to 1:00 PM on Monday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home-Coldwater. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association. Condolences may be left at hogenkampfh.com.
