Doris Imogene Stroope's Obituary
Doris Imogene “Mamo” Stroope, age 91, of Garland, Texas passed away peacefully at her home on October 17, 2019. She was born April 5, 1928, in Monroe, Louisiana to Ralph Dewey Gibson and Mary Mignone (Terry) Gibson.Imogene was generous, loving, and her family was the most important thing to her. Her greatest joy was to see her great grandchildren and her greatest pride was her three “boys.” She loved flowers, botanical gardens, birds, and the outdoors. She often advised “don’t sweat the small stuff” and was the nucleus around which her family gathered every Christmas. If one word could be used to describe her, it would be “love.”Imogene had a very active life beginning at Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, Louisiana where she was a member of the YMCA Girl Reserves, Girl’s Glee Club, Jeffersonian Club, Library Club, Lionettes Drill Team, and Girls Basketball Team. After high school she married James Henry Jordan, a WW II US Navy aviator, and began working for the Gulf Bell Telephone Company as a switch board operator while her husband finished college at LSU on the GI Bill.In addition to raising three sons, she was an active member of the Garland Junior Chamber of Commerce Jayceettes and a Cub Scout Den Mother. She regularly played bridge with friends and was a member of the Axe Memorial United Methodist Church in Garland. She attended college at the Northern Virginia Community College and retired from Southwest Bell Telephone as a maintenance technician in 1992.Imogene loved to travel, including summer family vacation trips to national parks and scenic areas. In addition, she traveled to Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska, Europe, Greece, Japan, and took cruise ships around the Caribbean. Her family moved to Los Angeles and twice to Virginia as her husband’s job duties changed. After the death of her first husband in 1973, she met O.T. Atkins Stroope on the dance floor at Wintergarden, Texas and they married on Valentine’s Day in 1977. O.T. owned and operated the Stroope Bee and Honey Company in Alvin, Texas and she often traveled between her home in Garland and the “Honey House.”Survivors include her three sons, James Ralph Jordan of Dallas, Texas and his wife Roberta, Mark Henry Jordan of Austin, Texas and his wife Robbi, and William Thomas Jordan of Houston, Texas and his wife Lisa; her stepsons Jerry Steven Stroope of Pearland, Texas and his wife Mary Linda, and Garland Ray Stroope of Van Alstyne, Texas, and her stepdaughters Catherine Hughes and husband, Max of Frisco, Texas, Deborah Francis and husband, Dennis of Frisco, Texas, Mary Beth Stroope of Whitewright, Texas, and Nancy Lee Bartel and husband, Steve of Aubrey, Texas; her grandchildren Natalie, Jessica, Katy, Austin and Sam; and three great grandchildren Claire, Kinzie and Clark. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph Dewey Gibson and Mary Mignone “Nonnie” Gibson; her two brothers Terry Gibson and John Gibson; and one sister Margaret Whitlock; her first husband James Henry Jordan; and second husband O.T. Atkins Stroope.Family visitation will be on Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Restland Funeral Home, 13005 Greenville, Avenue, Dallas, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 27, 2019 with Reverend Ron Jones officiating beginning at 10:00 am at the Wildwood Chapel, Restland Cemetery, followed by internment. A reception will be held at the Restland event center from 11:00 am until 12:30 pm.Pallbearers are Austin Jordan, Sam Jordan, Garland Stroope, Scott Hargrove, Curt Stiles and Chris Jaroszewicz.Persons desiring to honor Imogene with a memorial gift may consider making donations to the Humane Society and Habitat for Humanity.
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