Mary Doris Pangle

Mary, or Dot (as her father called her), made it to age 17 before her brother, Donald, brought home his curly haired friend from Oklahoma, Lyndle Gene Pangle, who became the love of her life. They married in 1955 in Kingman, AZ and raised their four children in Trona. Mary devoted her life exclusively to the family she loved and, when needed, did odd jobs like childcare and ironing to help make ends meet.

Her kids thought she loved nothing more than loading up the car early in the morning to take them and a couple of neighbor kids swimming at the West End pool. It turns out, what she really loved most were her children and she would do anything for them. Mary was resilient and faced life’s trials head on with humor and singing “Little Purple Pansies” to her children and grandchildren. Mary was a faithful member of the Trona Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many capacities, but mostly as a Sunday School and Primary teacher. A career change for Lyndle took them to Pacific Grove, CA for about a decade until they retired in Ridgecrest in 1996.

After Lyndle passed in 2008, Mary joined two sons in Twentynine Palms, CA, spent some time in Monterey, CA, and lived most recently with her son in Joshua Tree, CA.

Mary is predeceased by her husband, a son, Lyndle Jr., her parents and four siblings.

Surviving are sons Jimmy (Amy) of Ridgecrest and David (Tina) Pangle of Joshua Tree and a daughter, Carma (Stuart) Dong of Pacific Grove. Also missing her are nine grandchildren – April, Stuart, Corey, Lyndsie, Candace, David, Taylor, Cody, and Joseph and fifteen great grandchildren – Jordynn, Layla, Avery, Joseph, Ricky, Lenny, Stuart, Cecil, Mikida, Ryan, Clement, Penny, Ryce, Denny and Lyndle. She would also want to thank Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia for being her friends.

Mary requested a private family gathering and has been laid to rest in Searles Valley Cemetery in Trona.

Lyndle Gene Pangle Sr. Obituary

28 July 1933 - 14 June 2008

Mr. Lyndle G. Pangle of Ridgecrest, CA and formerly of Trona, CA, passed away Saturday, 14 Jun 2008, after a prolonged and hard fought battle with cancer.

Lyndle was born into a farming family in Ofuskee County, OK 28 Jul 1933. He was inducted into the US Army in 1953 and served in the 6th Armored Division in Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and spent most of his time in Germany. When he was discharged, he followed two of his brothers to California, met and married his wife and made his life there.

Mr. Pangle came back to the desert after retiring with the D.O.D. at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, CA where he was employed as a Refrigeration Tech. He also spent 20 years in the employ of Stauffer Chemical Corporation and five years with Kerr McGee Chemical Company in the Westend Plant after they bought Stauffer Soda Ash Process Patents.

He was predeceased by his parents Herbert L. and Lois I. Pangle, brothers Kenneth, Herb, James "Whitey" Pangle, sister Beatrice Pangle and a sister-in-law, Sue Pangle. His wife Mary D. Pangle survives him along with his children Lyndle and David (Tina) of Twentynine Palms, CA; Jim (Amy) of Ridgecrest, CA and Carma (Stuart) Dong of Pacific Grove, CA. He is also survived by his brothers Wayne; Jack (Shirley) of Weleetka, OK; Bob (Marty) of Choctaw, OK; Don (Willa Mae) of Henryetta, OK; his sister Linda Sue of Midwest City, OK and sisters-in-law Carolyn and Dorlas Pangle of Weleetka, OK and Lula Mae Pangle of Ridgecrest, CA. He is also survived by his grandchildren April, Lyndsie and Candice Pangle of Ridgecrest; Stuart Dong currently of Provo, UT, Corey Dong, on a mission in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Taylor Dong of Pacific Grove, CA and David, Cody and Joseph Pangle of Twentynine Palms. He also has numerous nieces and nephews. Services were held in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Published in The Daily Independent, Ridgecrest, CA 18 Jun 2008. Arrangements provided by Holland & Lyons Mortuary, Ridgecrest, CA.