Marlene Dee (Witherell) LOCKWOOD

LOCKWOOD, WITHERELL, WHITE, ADAMS, GUTKNECHT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/25/2010 at 12:27:29

April 25, 2010
Fort Dodge Messenger, Iowa

CLARION - Marlene Dee Lockwood, 69, of Clarion passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010 at Wright Medical Center in Clarion, surrounded by the presence of her family. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. at the Clarion Church of Christ with Pastor Warren Curry officiating. Burial will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 26, 2010 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home, 602 North Main Street in Clarion and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.

Marlene Dee (Witherell) Lockwood was born September 4, 1940, in Clarion, to Edwin and Olive (White) Witherell. She grew up in and attended school in Clarion, graduating from high school in 1959. Marlene briefly worked for an insurance company in Belmond, before beginning employment at the nursing home in Clarion as a nurse aide. She retired in 2005. On October 25, 1974, Marlene married John Lockwood at the Clarion Church of Christ and made their home at Lake Cornelia. She and John enjoyed dancing, riding motorcycles, spending time with family, and they belonged to a Buckskinner's group. She was also a member of a Red Hat Ladies group. Marlene was a faithful member of the Church of Christ in Clarion. She was always at service in whatever capacity she was able.

Marlene is survived by a cousin, Audri Adams of Chicago, Illinois; two stepsons, Jerry (Arlene) Lockwood, of Clarion, and Jan (Julie) Lockwood of Phoenix, Arizona; and one stepdaughter, Jeanne Gutknecht of Reinbeck, Iowa. Marlene is preceded in death by her parents, her husband John, Aunt Mona, a stepson Jeffrey Lockwood, and a daughter-in-law, Angela Lockwood.