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<div class="obituary-text"> 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 <b>Thiokol </b>and they moved to Huntsville where Libby
worked as a substitute teacher and a poll worker. <br>
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<div class="obituary-text">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". <br>
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<div class="obituary-text">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.
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<div class="obituary-text">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. <br>
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<div class="obituary-text">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.</div>
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<div class="obituary-publish-line"> <span>Published in The
Huntsville Times from May 28 to May 30, 2021.</span></div>
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<div class="obituary-publish-line"><span>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.</span></div>
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Libby at the 2017 HDAA Christmas party.<br>
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