Carpenter, Marilyn L.

MARILYN L. CARPENTER

Dec. 6, 2013

Funeral services for Marilyn Carpenter, 83, long time Buffalo, Wyo., resident who passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2013, at the Amie Holt Care Center in Buffalo, were held Dec. 10 at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo with Pastor William Dunlap officiating. Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Iowa.

Donations in Marilyn's memory may be made to the Buffalo Wesleyan Church, in care of the Harness Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams, Buffalo, WY 82834.

Marilyn Lucinda Carpenter was born Oct. 27, 1930, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Clair and Carolyn Howard. She grew up and received her education in Iowa schools and graduated from Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids. After high school, she attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids where she was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. She later transferred to Iowa State University in Ames and also attended the Cedar Rapids Business College. She was married on March 18, 1951, in Cedar Rapids, to William Carpenter and they made their home in Cedar Rapids and Belle Plaine, Iowa, where she was employed by Burrows Publishing Company, before the birth of her children. In 1964, they moved to Victor, Iowa, where she and Bill owned and operated Victor Printers Inc. They retired in 1989 and moved to LaFeria, Texas, where they lived until December 1990, when they moved to Buffalo, Wyo. In 2000, they moved to Tulsa, Okla., where they lived until 2003 when they moved back to Buffalo and lived until the time of her death.

Marilyn was a member of Buffalo Christian Women's Club, the Jolly Janes Homemakers of Buffalo and she attended the Buffalo Wesleyan Church. She was also a past member of the Victor Baptist Church in Victor. She also enjoyed activities at the Buffalo Senior Center. She was an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed quilting and crafts.

She is survived by her husband, Bill Carpenter of Buffalo; a set of twins, Bradley Carpenter and his wife, Gay of Cedar Rapids and Barbara Wohlbrandt and her husband, Duane of Buffalo; one brother, Stephen Howard and his wife, Jan of Cass Lake, Minn.; one sister, Betsy Danielson of Ellsworth; and two grandchildren, Jill Ford of Marion and Jacy Buck and her husband, Wade, also of Marion.

Published in The Gazette Dec. 13, 2013.