Marilyn Kirkwood

MARILYN KIRKWOOD

Hopkinton

Marilyn Kirkwood, 89, of Hopkinton, died Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at the Good Neighbor Society, Manchester.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 25, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 26, at the Hopkinton Community Church, where friends may

call after 10 a.m. Interment was in the Hopkinton Cemetery. In lieu of the increasing covid numbers, the family requests that all visitors, vaccinated or not, wear masks for the visitation and the funeral. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Hopkinton Fire Department or the Hopkinton Ambulance Service.

Surviving Marilyn is her son, Bob (Linda) Kirkwood of Hopkinton; two granddaughters, Kathy (Brent) Salow of Hopkinton and Kelly (Chris) Schulte of Norway; and five great-grandchildren, Holly (Jake) Nefzger of Cedar Rapids, Riley Kay Sternhagen of Des Moines, Megan, Morgan and Cameron Schulte, all of Norway.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Maurice; and her sister, Charlotte.

Marilyn was born Dec. 25, 1931, near Hopkinton, Iowa, at her family home. She was the daughter of Roy and Angie Marolf. She received early education in the rural schools and graduated from Hopkinton High School in 1949. Prior to her marriage, Marilyn worked for Rockwell Collins. On Jan. 14, 1951, Maurice and Marilyn were married at the Presbyterian Church, Hopkinton, Iowa. This marriage lasted nearly 50 years. With her husband, Marilyn opened M&M Drive-In, a small eatery in Hopkinton. Besides farming along side her husband, Marilyn was also a Maquoketa Valley School bus driver for 36 years. She also enjoyed working along side her husband, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter in their tomato business, Kirkwood's Sun Country Produce. She was a life long member of the Presbyterian Church, a diehard fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and the very best gift giver at Christmas. In her spare time, she loved crocheting, solving the Crossword, watching "Wheel of Fortune," playing bingo and card games. She cherished having breakfast with her son every morning, visiting with the ladies downtown for coffee, her annual Good Friday trip with her family, and treating her great-grandchildren to sweet treats and "fake bacon" as often as possible.