Marilyn Walsh

MARILYN JOANN (ROSE) WALSH

Cedar Rapids

Marilyn Joann (Rose) Walsh, 72, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Family will greet friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Marilyn is survived by her husband of 53 years, Charles Walsh; her son, Michael (Julie) Walsh; her granddaughter, Morgan Walsh; stepgranddaughter, Elisa (Brian Atwood); and her brother, Jim (Carol) Rose.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Delmar and Helen Rose; her sisters, Eleanor Rose and Patricia (Kenneth) Seaba; and her brother, Steven Rose.

Marilyn was born on Feb. 16, 1943, 3 miles south of Delta, Iowa, to Delmar and Helen (Moore) Rose. She was a graduate of Delta High School, class of 1961. Following graduation, she moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she met and married Charles D. Walsh on Sept. 1, 1962, and had their son, Michael C. Walsh.

Marilyn was a homemaker and a lifetime member of the Genealogical Society of Linn County for over 40 years. She also belonged to the Ladies Auxiliary VFW and the Red Hat Society. She was quite a cook, also enjoyed flower gardening, reading, going to lunch and shopping with her granddaughter, Morgan, antiquing, going to flea markets and researching her family's history.

Marilyn J. Walsh will be greatly missed.

In lieu of flowers, memorials go to Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.

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