Marilyn Sell

MARILYN SELL

Cedar Rapids

Marilyn Joan Johnson Sell of Marion, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Willow Gardens Care Center, Marion. Funeral services will take place 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, officiated by Pastor Peter Mitchell. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Marilyn's name may be directed to the Alzheimer's organization at Village Ridge.

Online condolences may be submitted at www.cedar memorial.com under Obituaries.

Marilyn was born Dec. 30, 1931, in Nome, N.D., to Christian and Edna Strom Johnson. She grew up in Kathryn, N.D., and graduated from Valley State Teachers College in Valley City, N.D., in 1952. She was united in marriage to Gene Douglas Sell on June 10, 1960, in Kathryn, N.D., and became an instant mother to six-year-old John Sell. They were later blessed with a daughter, Joanne.

Marilyn worked as a business education teacher in Grand Forks, Minn., and later with the Marion Independent School District until her retirement in 1995. She was a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church and PEO Chapter KJ in Marion.

She loved to play bridge and travel. She also enjoyed fishing, reading and spending time with her grandkids.

She is survived by her husband, Gene, of Marion; children, John Sell of Honey Creek and JoAnne Tompkins of Marion; grandchildren, Josephine and Jonah Tompkins; sisters, Bonnie Farhart of Anthem, Ariz., Lorraine Larson of Valley City, N.D., and Chickie Jacobson of Covington, Wash.; and brother, Chris Johnson of Casselton, N.D.

She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Douglas Johnson.

The family would like to thank Village Ridge and Willow Gardens for their loving care of Marilyn for the last two years.