Margaret D. Dobkins

Margaret D. Dobkins, 90, of Mishawaka, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, in Hospice House, South Bend.

Margaret was born May 8, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of the late Charles and Anna (Brandt) Rausch. She grew up in Michigan City, Indiana, where she graduated from Elston High School.

Margaret married Robert Dobkins, Sr., on September 30, 1942. They moved to Mishawaka in 1966.

Margaret was a homemaker who enjoyed caring for her home and yard. She liked flower and vegetable gardening and cooking and baking. Margaret was an avid reader. At one time she bowled on leagues. Bob and Margaret enjoyed many summers on the lake at Camp Wildwood near Edwardsburg and winters at Kissimmee Estates in Florida

Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; a son, Robert Dobkins, Jr.; a son-in-law, Ted Broskey; her sister, Doris Kalk; and a grandson, Scott Schaeffer.

Margaret’s surviving family includes a son, Richard (Rita) Dobkins of Swansboro, North Carolina; a daughter, Barbara Broskey of Osceola; daughter-in-law, Jackie Dobkins of Michigan City; her brother, Gilbert Charles Rausch of Tennessee; ten grandchildren, Steven Dobkins, Ricky Dobkins, Pam Dobkins, Mandy (Whitey) Davis, Tiffany Whitwood, Tommy Dobkins, Lauri Hummel, Tim (Jayne) Graham, Michelle (Roy) Randolph and Ted (Junell) Broskey; many great grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

Services honoring Margaret’s life will be held Friday, March 27, at 1 pm in Goethals & Wells Funeral Home, 503 W. 3rd Street, Mishawaka, with Pastor Bob Vale officiating. Private burial will take place at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola.

Visitation will be Thursday from 6 - 8 pm in the funeral home.

Contributions in Margaret’s memory are suggested to Pet Refuge, Inc., 4626 S. Burnett Dr., South Bend, IN 46614.