Marilyn D. King age 79 of Fairbank passed away Wednesday, October 28 at Grandview Care Center in Oelwein. She was born June 10,1947 the daughter of DeWayne and Nona (Lanham) Lewis of Perry, Iowa. Marilyn grew up in Perry, she attended and graduated from Perry High School in 1965. Marilyn married Ray King on October 1,1965. Marilyn and Ray eventually moved to Fairbank, Iowa where they raised their family. Marilyn has spent the last several years, first at MercyOne Senior
Care and then Grandview Healthcare Center both in Oelwein. Marilyn’s favorite activities included crocheting, knitting, sewing, baking, cooking, reading, playing games, traveling, watching TV, and listening to music. Marilyn loved her many pets over the years, especially dogs Sebastian, Winchester, and Maggie. Marilyn’s love of all things frogs even included naming her beloved cats Frog and Toad. To Marilyn’s many friends she was affectionately known as Bubbles. Marilyn spent most of her career as an invoice clerk first at K-Mart in Oelwein and then at Wal-Mart in Independence. Over the years, Marilyn was actively involved at the United Methodist Church in Fairbank where she helped with activities such as vacation bible school and funeral luncheons. Even with her development of dementia, Marilyn never forgot how to treat others with kindness and was known for sharing a smile, a joke, and a laugh. Marilyn is survived by her children Des Rae Mann, Forrest and Chrissie King, Valerie and David Tigges, Gretchen and Levi Abernathey. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Cassie, Jamie, Brittany, Spencer, Carlie, Shelby, Meradith, Hunter, Miles, and Hawkeye. And her great grandchildren: Ali, Cheyenne, Bailee, Daxton, Jacob, Elijah, August, Novaleigh, Calliope, Kaisen, Brinley, Brycen, Tiberius, and Greyslyn. Marilyn also has one brother Ronald Lewis of Lee Summit, MO. Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband Ray, and her brother DeWayne “Butch” Lewis Jr.
Visitation: 10:00-11:00 AM followed by Funeral Services at 11:00 AM Wednesday, November 4, both at the United Methodist Church in Fairbank.
Interment: Fairbank Cemetery, Fairbank, Iowa
Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation.