[List] Obituary: Libby (Mrs. Tom) Loder

[Cecil Stokes]

*Elizabeth Stroud "Libby" Loder*

Elizabeth "Libby" Stroud Loder, of Huntsville, passed away Thursday. 
Born in Chester, SC to William and Virginia Stroud, she graduated from 
Winthrop College with a bachelor's degree in math. She worked as a 
Mathematician at TVA in Chattanooga, TN. In 1958, her husband, Rudd, 
accepted a job with *Thiokol *and they moved to Huntsville where Libby 
worked as a substitute teacher and a poll worker.

Libby was a member of First United Methodist Church where she was active 
with the UMW and Alter Guild. She was a Huntsville Hospital volunteer 
for 50 years, a member of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Guild, the 
Junior Welfare League, and was one of the Magnolia Trace "petals". Libby 
loved her church and her family and could best be described with the 
words "light, love, laughter, and joy".

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Rudd Loder, Jr., her 
parents, brother, William Paul Stroud Jr., sister, Dorothy Stroud Ellis, 
nephew, Ken Grimsley, and sister-in-law, Sarah Holt Hipp. Survivors 
include her daughter, Virginia "Ginger" Loder; son, Thomas R. Loder III; 
several nieces and nephews; and friend, Larry Grimes. The family would 
like to thank her caregivers for their love and attention.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at First 
United Methodist Church. The service will follow at the church with the 
Rev. Coy Hallmark officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Huntsville Symphony 
Orchestra Guild – Ruth Cole Webber, or to First United Methodist Church 
for either the CUP or Music Fund.



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Published in The Huntsville Times from May 28 to May 30, 2021.

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Libby's late husband Tom (TC#2159) joined Thiokol in 1958 and retired in 
1984. In the '60s he was leader of Ignition Systems Design Group and 
then the Pricing Group in the '80s.

Attached is a photo of Libby at the 2017 HDAA Christmas party.
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