Mrs. Marilyn Frankline "Mama, Mimi and Gersie" Waller

Mrs. Marilyn Frankline "Mama, Mimi and Gersie" Waller obituary, Ada, OK

Mrs. Marilyn Frankline "Mama, Mimi and Gersie" Waller

Marilyn Waller Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Criswell Funeral Home - Ada on Dec. 31, 2025.
Marilyn Frankline Waller

Known and loved as Mama, Mimi and Gersie.

Services for Marilyn "Gersie" Waller, 88, of Ada will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at the First Methodist Church in Ada; Rev. Brian Matthews will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.

Livestream services from the following website (fmcada.org) and click on the livestream button.

Mrs. Waller passed away Sunday, December 28, 2025, in Oklahoma City. She was born November 4, 1937, in San Diego, CA to Athol and Rose Lemkin Gerson. She was a legal secretary until her retirement.

Survivors include her husband, Tonie Waller; son, Kevin Waller and wife, Tahra; daughter, Tracy Jimenez and husband, Sergio; sister, Maxine Schneider; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Frances and Merlyn Bishop; two grandchildren, Sofia Jimenez and Luca Jimenez; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Mignon Lutjens and Yvonne Silva.

Viewing times will be Monday, January 5, 2026, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Criswell Funeral Home.

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