Dorine Gunter Graybill

1947 - 2017

Dorine Gunter Graybill obituary, 1947-2017, Lynchburg, VA

BORN

1947

DIED

2017

FUNERAL HOME

Whitten Monelison Chapel

3966 South Amherst Highway

Madison Heights, Virginia

Dorine Graybill Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Nov. 27, 2017.

Dorine Gunter Graybill, 70, of Madison Heights passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017. She was the wife of the late Joseph Robert Graybill.

Born in Lynchburg, March 24, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Martin Gunter and Laura Brooks Gunter. She retired from the Central Virginia Training Center and was a member of Fairview Christian Church. She was also a Girl Scout leader for many years and served as Service Unit Chairman for a number of those years.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Sam Lawhorne, Charlie Gunter and Alvin Gunter and one sister, Margaret Winner.

She is survived by one daughter, Laura Graybill Padgett and her husband Chip and two sons, Joe M. Graybill and Adam Graybill all of Madison Heights; one brother, Ernest M. Gunter, Jr.; five grandchildren, Carter Graybill, Taylor Hurst, Ocean Graybill, Megan Conner and Ryleigh Graybill; one step-grandson, Ryon Padgett and his wife Brittney and two great grandchildren, Scarlett and Gabriel.

A service celebrating her life will be conducted at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, November 30, 2017 at Whitten Monelison Chapel with the Rev. D. Jack Hamilton officiating. The family will receive friends following the service until 8 p.m. and at other times at the home of her daughter.

Those wishing to make memorial contributions are asked to consider the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, Kennedy Kreger Institute, 801 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 www.oif.org.

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December 3, 2017

Joyce Sachs

Sorry for your loss.

November 29, 2017

Keith, Alice & Tommy Johnson

Laura, So sorry to hear that Dorine had passed away. Our thoughts & prayers are with you & the rest of the family. She was always there when we were watching the boys play ball. We always had great times when we ran into each other. I know that she will looking down on you & the family. No more pain for her. We will miss her. RIP, Dorine.

November 28, 2017

Katherine Cavanaugh

Dear Laura and Family, I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved mother which I learned about yesterday. If there is anything I might do to help you, just ask. I pray that God be with you and the family to see you through this difficult time. As we spoke about yesterday, your mother is finally free from pain and in peace with the Lord.

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