Sunday 28th September 2025

hulda-dooley

Hulda L. Dooley, age 95, of Marshall, MO, died Thursday, September 15, 2022, at The Living Center in Marshall.

Memorial graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall, with Rev. Wayne Doolin officiating. Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com.

Born February 19, 1927, in Gasconade, MO, she was the daughter of the late George Sontag and Minnie Brumble Sontag. She was a 1945 graduate of Tucson Senior High School in Tucson, AZ. She married Lyman F. Gilbert and they had two children, Norman Gilbert and Lana Gilbert. She later married Chester Dooley on September 29, 1956 and he preceded her in death on December 30, 2000. She lived in Marshall most of her life and retired from Odell Avenue Medical Clinic. She was a member of the First Baptist Church where she volunteered in the Clothes Closet. She served on the board at the Cooperative Workshop for many years and was a member of The Monday Club and The Coterie Club. She enjoyed volunteering at Fitzgibbon Hospital Gift Shop, having coffee with friends and traveling to various countries including Europe, Egypt, Hawaii and Mexico.

Survivors include one daughter, Lana S. Gill (Sam) of Kansas City, MO; one son, Norman F. Gilbert (Nancy) of Sedalia, MO; three grandchildren, Brendan Gill of Los Angeles, CA, Andrew Gill of Kansas City, MO and Michael Gilbert (Erin) of Smithton, MO; and one great-grandson, Redding Gilbert.

In addition to her parents and husband, Hulda was preceded in death by one brother, George Charles Sontag.