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Marilyn Parker Obituary
She attended Manhattan High School and graduated in 1940. She married Gilbert Parker on October 25, 1942. She was active in the Deep Creek Needlecraft club, the First Presbyterian Church, hosted many Bible study groups in her home, and played the piano at various community functions. She was an avid reader, a talented crocheter, and a lover of music. When her sons were young, Marilyn was a full-time homemaker. Later, she worked at the university, Memorial Hospital, and Surgical Associates until her retirement.
Marilyn was in preceded in death by her parents, John and Lilian Barnes; her husband, Gilbert; three sons, Larry, David, and Joe; and sister, Nathalie Irwin.
Left to mourn her passing are her son, Robert (Barbara) Parker; daughters-in-law, Susan Parker, and Nancy Parker; grandchildren, Erin Hickey, Sarah Cortner, Nicole Baker, Shannon Hodgson, Teri McKenzie, Amanda Lynch, and Rebecca Fontaine; fourteen great-grandchildren; and a brother Teddy Barnes.
Memorial services for Marilyn will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday January 11, 2025, at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Chapel in Manhattan. Inurnment will be held at the Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Zeandale.
The family suggests memorial contributions in memory of Marilyn be mad to the First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Contributions may be sent in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.
Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com
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