Dorella Ann MAYFORD
September 13, 1919 - November 18, 2020
Dorella Ann Mayford (née: Youngberg) of St. Peters, MO died 18 November 2020 at age 101 from complications due to COVID. She was born on 13 September 1919 in Alton, Illinois. She married Blair Christy Mayford on 14 June 1941 and shared 74 wonderful years together until his death in 2015. She was proceeded in death by her parents, Phillip and Olefie Youngberg, husband Blair and her two brothers, Phillip and Marcus and their wives. She is survived by her daughter, Christy A. Van Horn, her grandchildren, Angela M. Vincent and Matthew A. Van Horn, and her great-grandchildren, Madeline Vincent, MacKenna Van Horn and Miles Van Horn and a brother-in-law Ralph Mayford. During her long life, Dorella and her husband lived in multiple cities in Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska and once owned and operated a flower shop in St Louis, MO. She loved to travel and has visited 48 US States, Mexico, Egypt, Peru, Jerusalem, Canada and the Bahamas and has seen the Nile, the Sphinx, the pyramids, Machu Picchu and the Holy Land. She will be truly be missed by her loving family and friends.
Dorella Ann Mayford (née: Youngberg) of St. Peters, MO died 18 November 2020 at age 101 from complications due to COVID. She was born on 13 September 1919 in Alton, Illinois. She married Blair Christy Mayford on 14 June 1941 and shared... View Obituary & Service Information