Marilyn made an impact on everyone. She never met a stranger. If there was a cause, she was leading the way. Most notable was when she used her CB Radio base station to raise blood for a man who had gotten caught up in a hay baler. He was losing blood faster than they could put it in.
She started up and ran the initial Heart & Hand House in town at a time when you could still buy penny candy. She raised seven of her own children and took in as many as she could find wandering the streets. If someone's house burnt down, she was there (much like the Red Cross of today) to help the family, at times bringing the entire family home with her until they could get back on their feet. She delivered Christmas gifts to those less fortunate.
Marilyn was taken way too soon, however, looked death straight in the face, making sure her younger children would have a stable home upon her going home to the Lord. She was beautiful on the inside and out. I don't recall her having any enemies, only great friends. She even bought the town drunk home with her at times. We called him "Uncle Sam" - she had an old broke down Chevy Corvair over the hill, where she gave him blankets and a good hot meal as often as she found him there.
Marilyn was a true gem, a one of a kind. God broke the mold when he finished with her, for even he knew, he had made "Perfection".
She started up and ran the initial Heart & Hand House in town at a time when you could still buy penny candy. She raised seven of her own children and took in as many as she could find wandering the streets. If someone's house burnt down, she was there (much like the Red Cross of today) to help the family, at times bringing the entire family home with her until they could get back on their feet. She delivered Christmas gifts to those less fortunate.
Marilyn was taken way too soon, however, looked death straight in the face, making sure her younger children would have a stable home upon her going home to the Lord. She was beautiful on the inside and out. I don't recall her having any enemies, only great friends. She even bought the town drunk home with her at times. We called him "Uncle Sam" - she had an old broke down Chevy Corvair over the hill, where she gave him blankets and a good hot meal as often as she found him there.
Marilyn was a true gem, a one of a kind. God broke the mold when he finished with her, for even he knew, he had made "Perfection".
