Mabel Brothers

Mabel (Dirksen) Brothers, 92, of Chester Twp. passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at her home.
Born in Magnolia, MN on March 1, 1924, she was a first generation German American daughter of the late Roolf “Ralph” and Katherine (Woebler) Dirksen. Mabel was also preceded in death by her husband John W. “Bill” Brothers, who she married May 31, 1947, a son Paul T. Brothers, as well as her sisters and brothers-in laws Emma (Clyde) Cobb, Freda (Ralph) Knutson, Dora (Hurbert) Rhodes, Gesine (Sherwood) Reynolds and Vincent Mauch.
She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1941 and was the Salutatorian of her class. She then attended the Northwest Institute of Medical Technology, graduating in 1943. Mabel was a medical technologist (MT) and became certified by the American Medical Technologists (AMT) in 1945. She began her career at Charleston General Hospital, Charleston, WV and continued her career at Massillon Community Hospital, Massillon, OH; Timken Mercy Medical Center in Canton, OH; the office of Dr. Joseph Pettko MD in Odessa, TX, and retiring from Lou’s Clinical Laboratory, Odessa, TX in 1994. Mabel was an active member of the Lutheran Church of the Risen Lord in Odessa and an enthusiastic member of the Allemanders of Odessa Square Dancing Club. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crocheting, knitting, and sewing.
Mabel will be sadly missed by her daughter Alice A. (Ernest) Fischer and granddaughters Kathleen and Marianne of Palmdale, CA; sisters Helen Mauch of Adrian, MN and Leona (Ervin) Julius of Ellsworth, MN; sister-in-law Betty (Brothers) Hoover of Huntington, WV; daughter-in-law Sheila (Brown) Brothers of Brocton, IL and step-grandson Jeffrey Pangburn of Carlsbad, NM along with many nieces and nephews, and her longtime friend and caregiver Lois Wenzel of Chester Twp., OH.
We wish to thank the many caregivers at Comfort Keepers, especially Lauren, Shellie, Vonnie and Laura. The UH Geauga Medical Center physicians (Dr.V, Dr. B, and Wendy), nurses (Amanda, Kasandra, Bryan, Danielle and Jackie) and the UH Hospice and Palliative Care Team of Cheryl, Stacy, Jennifer and Patrick along with her wonderful neighbors Scott, Chris, Joe, Wendy, Laszlo and Wendy.
Cremation by DeJohn crematory. Burial will be at Ridgelawn Memorial Cemetery in Huntington, WV. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, donating to Melanoma Cancer research.