Dorothy Mirly

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy Ella Bingenheimer Mirly, 69, of Collinsville, Ill., and formerly of Perryville, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004, at Collinsville Care Center.

She was born May 25, 1935, at Uniontown, Mo., daughter of Charlie and Ella Vogel Bingenheimer. She and Robert Mirly were married Feb. 19, 1955.

She was the owner and operator of a craft business in Collinsville and a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Collinsville.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Brenda Mirly of Morristown, N.J., Sally Anderson of Walker, Minn.; a son, Harvey Mirly of Freeburg, Ill.; three sisters, Bernice Schnurbusch of Perryville, Mabel Klaus of Collinsville and Lillian Bjorseth of Lisle, Ill.; and four grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home in Perryville.

Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, with the Rev. Christopher Cole officiating.