Dorothy L. Tibbles, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 9, 2002, at St. Francis Medical Center.

She was born April 11, 1921, in St. Louis, daughter of John Paul and Louise Dorothy Messmer Weis. She and Raymond E. Tibbles were married Feb. 2, 1946, in St. Louis. He died March 30, 1995.

Dorothy was a 1939 graduate of Beaumont High School in St. Louis. She was secretary at General Cable Corp. in St. Louis in 1946 and secretary at Winnelson Co. in Cape Girardeau until her retirement in 1985.

She was a member of Hanover Lutheran Church, SEMO Boosters Club, SEMO Foundation, Copper Dome Society, Humane Society of Southeast Missouri, Otahki Girl Scout Council, Cape Girardeau County Republican Women, American Legion Auxiliary Post 63 and Southeast Missouri Arts Council.

Dorothy was past president of Lorimier School PTA, past member of PTA Council of Cape Girardeau and former Girl Scout leader of Troop 1.

She is survived by a daughter, Gail P. Hennecke of Cape Girardeau; a grandson, Chris A. Smith of Cape Girardeau; a granddaughter, Jaclyn G. McMahel of Ocoee, Fla.; a great-grandson, Tyler J. McMahel; a brother-in-law, Richard Tibbles; an aunt, Lillian Weis; a cousin, Mary Lou Randazzo; nephews, Paul H., John and William Weis, Robert, Jay H. and Paul Tibbles; nieces, Nancy Kelly, Jeanne Tibbles, Joy Bartle and Janet Combs.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hanover Lutheran Church. The Rev. Jeffrey Sippy will officiate. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Memorials may be made to Hanover Lutheran Church Building Fund.