- Mary Lou Trollinger died Thursday, Jan. 20, at her home in Yellow Springs. She was 75.
Mary Lou, the daughter of the late Enid Lingo Williams and Earl Clifford Williams, was born July 8, 1929, in Yellow Springs. She was a resident of Clark County and attended Oak Grove School. She moved back to Yellow Springs in 1943. She was a 1947 graduate of Yellow Springs High School, and married Marvin E. Trollinger that same year. They celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on Dec. 17, 2004.
She was a member of the 4-H Club in Clark County, the high school chorus and band, Order of Eastern Star for 55 years (serving as Worthy Matron in 1963), and secretary and charter member of the Bryan High School Alumni Association and the Xenia Church of Christ.
Mary Lou retired from the Yellow Springs schools in 1992 after 22 years as a cafeteria manager. She was also founder of the Yellow Springs Football Booster Club.
As a talented craftswoman, she enjoyed crocheting, ceramics and sewing.
She is survived by her husband, Marvin; sister and brothers-in-law, Patricia and Charles Hosket and Howard Trollinger, all of Yellow Springs; daughter, Kathie Duffey and her fiance, Harold Jackson of Springfield; sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas and Kay Trollinger, Terry and June Trollinger, all of Yellow Springs, and David and Beverly Trollinger of Springfield; grandchildren, Mark Trollinger of Arizona, Jason Duffey of Cincinnati, Matthew and Angela Duffey of Centerville, Justin, Brian, and Christine Trollinger of Yellow Springs and Andrea and Sarah Trollinger of Springfield; and a great-grandson, David Duffey of Centerville.
Services were held Monday, Jan. 24, at the Jackson Lytle & Williams Funeral Home in Yellow Springs, with interment following in Byron Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice or the Springfield Regional Cancer Center.
Yellow Springs News - January 27, 2005
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1929 - 2005 (75 years)
