Ailey, Marilyn June Reeve

Marilyn June Reeve Ailey, 85, of Tipton, died Friday, May 4, 2012, at Mercy Iowa City. Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, May 7, at First United Church of Christ, Tipton. Her family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until time of service. Burial will occur at a later date in Marysville, Pa.

Marilyn was born June 4, 1926, in Tipton, Iowa, to Dale Ransom and Florence Edith Titman Reeve. She graduated from Tipton High School in 1944 and from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls in 1948. Marilyn worked as a schoolteacher, was a secretary for International Harvester Corporation, worked for many years for Sears, and lastly worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Board of Probation and Parole.

Marilyn was very active in whatever she became involved with, including First United Church of Christ and the Tipton Lions Club.

Marilyn returned to Tipton in 2001 after spending many years living in Pennsylvania.

Marilyn is survived by her daughters, Valerie Traurig of Bethesda, Md., and Kathy Kronicz-Peacock of York Haven, Pa.; sister, Beverly Fitch of Tipton; brother, Jack (June) Reeve of Tipton; and grandchildren, Jared and Zachary.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Robert Traurig, Dale Waddell and Dwayne Ailey; sisters, Marjorie Barnes, Dorothy Albaugh and Eldora Miller; and brothers, Delbert, Robert, James and Paul.

A memorial fund to First United Church has been established in her memory.

Online condolences may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com.

Published May 6, 2012, in The Gazette