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Maxine Dolbey Obituary

Maxine Ellen Dolbey (Kellor), 80, of Beloit, WI, was called home on Thursday, July 3, 2025 at Dimensions Living Beloit. She was born on December 8, 1944 in Beloit, WI, the daughter of Harry and Elsie (Kottke) Kellor. Maxine attended St. John's Lutheran Church as a youth and was a graduate of Beloit Memorial High School. She was married to Bradford Dolbey for 34 years and he predeceased her on December 11, 2014. Maxine loved reminiscing about when she was a child and growing up in the city of Beloit and working at Beloit Corp. She married Brad on May 5, 1980 and raised four awesome children. The family moved to Jelenia Góra, Poland, where they traveled broadly in Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. After returning to Beloit, Maxine became a preschool teacher at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran School, loving children and promoting reading. After retiring, she attended St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Janesville. Maxine survived breast cancer and was challenged with Alzheimer's Disease later in life, where she could not remember, but her personality was just as strong. She'll be remembered for her love of playing with her grandchildren, reading, singing, sewing, gardening, playing cards, educating children, birdwatching, and cutting Snickers bars into tiny bits because even the minis were too large. She is survived by her daughters, Sarah (Mark) Jenkins of Beloit, WI, and Anna (Gary) Funk of Beloit, WI; son, Matthew (Shaneda Warren Andersen) Dolbey of Madison, WI; son-in-law, Tim Treptow of Avalon, WI; sister, Sandra (Carl) Ramquist; grandchildren, Elizabeth, Katie and Cedar Jenkins, Philip and Andrew (Breanna) Treptow, Dakoda Funk, and Lawson, Rose, and Parker Dolbey; great granddaughter, Elorah Treptow. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother Duane, her daughter Ruth Marie Treptow, and brother-in-law, Carl Ramquist. A Funeral Service for Maxine will be at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, July 11, 2025 in the Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, 2355 Cranston Road, Beloit, WI, with Pastor Larry Froemming officiating. Burial will be in Newark Cemetery. A visitation of remembrance will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2025 in the funeral home.

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Published by WREX on Jul. 6, 2025.

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Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium

2355 Cranston Road, Beloit, WI 53511

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