Mr. Edwin Henry Strobel

October 19, 1924 - December 15, 2014

Edwin Henry Strobel, 90, of California, Mo. went to his heavenly home on Monday, December 15, 2014 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City, MO. He was born to Adam and Mathilda (Fluegel) Strobel on October 19, 1924 near Lohman, MO. Edwin was baptized at the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church on November 1, 1924 in Lohman. He attended Mt. Hope School. Edwin was confirmed on April 2, 1931at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lohman. On May 8, 1955 he was married at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in California, MO to Velma L. (Bleich) Strobel. She preceded him in death on August 3, 2014. Edwin enjoyed wood working and gardening with his wife. Through the years, Edwin worked at Stockman Feed, Popp's Lawn and Garden, Arkansas Valley Feather, and was a livestock and grain farmer. He purchased the first twine baler in the Russellville and Lohman area and did custom hay baling and custom grain harvesting in the area. Most of all he loved being a partner with his wife raising their children and working on the farm. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Mr. Strobel was preceded in death by his parents, a son-in-law Terry Pearson, one brother Raymond Strobel, and a sister Irene Rockelman, two brother-in-laws Raymond Rockemann and Hugo Goldammer. Edwin is survived by: one son Paul Strobel (Marsha) of Tipton; three daughters Naomi Pearson (Jack Greer), Martha Phillips (Eddie Dean) all of California and Mary Bestgen (John) of Clarksburg; one sister Esther Goldammer of Jefferson City; one brother Herbert O. Strobel (Rose) of Lohman; one sister-in-law Esther Strobel of Jefferson City; grandchildren Stephanie Zimmerman (Travis) of California, Jonathan Strobel (Nancy Krutzsch) of Tipton, Sarah Griffin of Tipton and Amy Phillips of California; great grandchildren Courtney Strobel, Landon Griffin, Montana, Holden, and Rayna Strobel, Trentlynn and Truxton Zimmerman.