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Marilyn Slater
MARILYN SLATER
Central City
Marilyn F. Slater, 85, a resident at Linn Manor Care Center, Marion, formerly of Central City, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Central City, by Pastor Darran Whiting. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, at the funeral home. Burial: Mount Clark Cemetery, Central City.
Survivors include five daughters, Joanie (Bill) Hickey of Marathon, Fla., Kathy (Kevin) Roob of Coggon, LuAnn (Dean) Robertson of Shell Rock, Karen (Mark) Kula of Prairieburg and Judy Nielsen of Cedar Rapids; 18 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; two great- great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Dick Kelly of Waterloo and Donald Kelly of San Jose, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle; daughter, Linda Steele; grandson, Elijah Roob; brother, Bob Kelly; and sister, Gloria Brown.
Marilyn was born Jan. 17, 1929, the daughter of Harry and Carol (Bing) Kelly. On Feb. 4, 1949, she married Lyle Slater in Waterloo. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Central City and American Legion Auxiliary Wapsi Post 421.
A memorial fund has been established in Marilyn's memory.
Please share a memory of Marilyn at www.murdochfuneral home.com under obituaries.
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