Marshall, Marlys F. (1932-2019)

MARSHALL, MILLER, LIETZ, JOHNSON, HENNING, SEXTRO, SCHLINGMAN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/18/2021 at 17:36:24

Marlys F. Marshall
February 5, 1932 - April 19, 2019

Surrounded by her family, Marlys Fay (Miller) Marshall passed away at the age of 87 on April 19th, 2019, in the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake, Iowa.

Marlys was born on February 5, 1932, on her parents’ farm north of Hanover. After Walter and Esther (Lietz) Miller notified the doctor, he arrived by horse-drawn sleigh to deliver Marlys. Baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hanover and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Alta, she remained a lifelong Lutheran. A baton twirler and a drum majorette throughout high school, she, also, played the piano, accordion, and cornet. In 1949, she graduated from Alta High School and in 1950, from AIB in Des Moines. Then, she worked for Carr and Moehl as an executive secretary.

On June 17, 1951, Marlys married Paul Marshall of Monroe, Iowa, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Alta. They lived and worked in Des Moines before moving to a farm south of Alta in 1955. Blessed with four children, Marlys and Paul farmed for the rest of their working years. Very involved in the farm operation, Maelys helped take care of the livestock and plant and harvest the crops. In 1990, they moved into Alta and were recognized for having a Century Farm in 1997.

A resourceful and multitalented person, she kept busy gardening, baking, sewing, refinishing and upholstering furniture, and repurposing whatever she found useful. In addition, she enjoyed going to garage sales, traveling, collecting dolls, attending her grandchildren’s activities, and keeping up with her extended family. An active member of Grace Lutheran Church in Storm Lake for over sixty-four years, Marlys treasured her faith. A resident of Wel-Life in Alta since 2014, she considered it her second home.

Marlys was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, in 1997; her parents; her father- and mother-in-law, Hubert and Flossie Marshall, and her brothers- and sisters-in-law, Herb and Betty Marshall and Edward and Catharine Johnson. Marlys leaves a loving family of children, Steven Marshall, of Alta, Barbara (Mike) Henning, of Waterloo, Richard (Nancy) Marshall, of Alta, and Sandra (Greg) Sextro, of Manning; her grandchildren: Kim and Wade Henning, Kevin (Jeni) and Neil Marshall, Leah (Matt) Schimmer, and Grace and Katie Sextro; nine great grandchildren; and a brother, Al “Dusty” Miller, and his wife, Sue Schlingman, of Arizona/Colorado; as well as numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Storm Lake, Iowa. Burial will follow in the Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake. Visitation will take place Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in ALTA. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Alta is in charge of the arrangements.

Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes, Alta, Iowa, 2019.

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