HERBEL,
Orpha Pearl
(Maiden Name: Funderberg)
The Verde Independent, Cottonwood, AZ
Thursday, November 10, 2011
On November 8, 2011 Orpha Pearl Herbel (Johnson) got to go home. She was born in Princeton, Illinois on January 22, 1921 to Raymond S. Funderberg and Mary Lou Milby.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years Gilbert E. Johnson, sons; Gilbert E. Johnson and Joseph L. Johnson. She will be missed by daughter Karen K. Keel (Thomas Keel) and son James L. Johnson (Patricia Johnson) both of Camp Verde, AZ., brother Charles L. Funderberg of Dixon Illinois, 13 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great-grandchildren, and numerous friends and extended family.
Orpha moved to Camp Verde in 1977 from Tiskilwa, Ill. She drove a school bus for the Tiskilwa School District for 20 years.
Memorial donations may be made in Orpha’s name to Hospice Compasses, 70 Bell Rock Plaza, Suite A, Sedona, AZ 86351. Bueler Camp Verde Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Information provided by survivors.