Marilyn Ann Brown left this world to join her heavenly family on Sept. 23, 2023, surrounded by family.
Marilyn was born Nov. 6, 1956, in Gregory, South Dakota, to Bill Brown and Margaret (Stewart) Brown. She lived on a farm in Colome, South Dakota, and was the seventh child born to this union. Marilyn was baptized in Colome Methodist Church. She began school in 1964, where she attended Special Education Classes in Winner, South Dakota. Marilyn moved to Mitchell, South Dakota, in 1975, working at various restaurants as a dishwasher and enjoyed vacations with friends.
She moved to Fremont in 2016 to live with her sister Willie and brother-in-law Bob Jamison. Marilyn was then able to fully enjoy vacations and holidays with Willie’s family, and was able to spend time with her other siblings.
Marilyn attended the Fremont Alliance Church, and she helped with Bible school working in the kitchen. She also loved to bowl with friends and going out to eat. She enjoyed all the phone calls that she got and loved to color pictures for folks. She spent a lot of her time at the Friendship Center and enjoyed dancing, playing bingo and having coffee with her friends there.
She was preceded in death by her parents Bill and Margaret Brown, an older brother Garry, grandparents, Ed and Martha Brown and Ralph and Lillian Stewart, and aunts and uncles. Marilyn is survived by her siblings Jo Ann Reiff (Bob) of Avon, South Dakota; Duane (Charlie)(Rosie) of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Marlene (Mark) Wallbaum, La Mesa, California; Willie (Bob) Jamison Fremont; Douglas (Carol) Brown Birmingham, Alabama; sister in-law Carol Brown of Winner, South Dakota; 17 nieces and nephews and many grand nieces and nephews as well as many relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29 at Fremont Alliance Church. Viewing will be from 8:30-10 at the church. Lunch will be served following the service. Viewing will be held at the Mason’s Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday in Winner, South Dakota, with a burial service at 10:30 a.m. at the Colome, South Dakota, cemetery. Lunch will be served at the American Legion Club in Colome after the gravesite service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Fremont Alliance Church, 1615 N. Lincoln Ave., Fremont, NE 68025 or Fremont Friendship Center, 1730 W. 16th St. Linden & Ridge Rd., Fremont, NE 68025 in her memory.
