Dorothy Lobl
Dorothy (Dorie) Hubbard Lobl died on November 5, 2025 of complications from pneumonia at Greenwich Hospital. She was 85 years old. Born on January 13,1940, Dorie grew up in Rye, NY where she attended Rye Country Day School and then Choate Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, CT. After graduation, in 1958, Dorie enrolled in a one year program, with The Experiment in International Living, where she lived with a Dutch family in Holland.
At the end of the program, she returned to the US by boat. One night she found herself unable to sleep and decided to take a walk on the deck, where she came face to face with one of the program’s chaperons – a dashing young college graduate named Herbert (Herb) Lobl. One year later, on September 12, 1960, Dorie and Herb married at Christ’s Church in Rye. The joyful spirit of their wedding reception at the American Yacht Club could not be dampened, even by Hurricane Donna which was raging outside the club that evening.
In 1964, Herb, Dorie and their three-month-old son moved to Paris France for Herb’s job, as part of a rotation that they expected to last two years. That initial two-year stint saw the birth of Dorie and Herb’s daughter, Michelle, and eventually stretched into 30 years of married life as expats in Paris.
During this time, Dorie enrolled in remote courses of academic study at Sarah Lawrence College where she earned her B.A. Dorie also found meaning in her work at the American Aid Society of Paris, a social service agency housed within the US Embassy that provided financial assistance to indigent US citizens stranded in Paris.
Upon Herb’s retirement from Davis Polk, he and Dorie moved to Nantucket where they lived for ten years. They then moved in 2004 to a house in Purchase, NY, and then in 2020, to The Osborn, an independent living facility located in Dorie’s hometown of Rye.
Throughout her life, Dorie was Herb’s devoted and loving partner. They shared many of the same interests, including a love of opera and a passion for travel. Dorie is survived by her brother Peter Hubbard, her son Peter Lobl, her daughter Michelle Lobl New, and her four grandchildren, Samantha, Benjamin, Liam, and Danielle.