Marilyn Joann (Rose) Walsh
February 16, 1943 — November 10, 2015
Marilyn Joann (Rose) Walsh, 72, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2015, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Service: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 14, 2015, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Marilyn is survived by her husband of 53 years, Charles Walsh; her son, Michael (Julie) Walsh; her granddaughter Morgan Walsh; step-granddaughter, Elisa (Brian Atwood; her brother, Jim (Carol) Rose.
She was preceded in death by her parents Delmar and Helen Rose; her sisters, Eleanor Rose and Patricia (Kenneth) Seaba; and her brother, Steven Rose.
Marilyn was born on February 16, 1943, three miles south of Delta, Iowa to Delmar and Helen (Moore) Rose. She was a graduate of Delta High School, Class of 1961. Following graduation she moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she met and married Charles D. Walsh on September 1, 1962, and had their son, Michael C. Walsh.
Marilyn was a home maker and a lifetime member of the Genealogical Society of Linn County for over 40 years; she also belonged to the Ladies Auxiliary VFW and the Red Hat Society. She was quite a cook, also enjoyed flower gardening, reading, going to lunch and shopping with her granddaughter Morgan, antiquing, going to flea markets and researching her family’s history.
Marilyn J. Walsh will be greatly missed.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.
Please share a memory of Marilyn at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Marilyn is survived by her husband of 53 years, Charles Walsh; her son, Michael (Julie) Walsh; her granddaughter Morgan Walsh; step-granddaughter, Elisa (Brian Atwood; her brother, Jim (Carol) Rose.
She was preceded in death by her parents Delmar and Helen Rose; her sisters, Eleanor Rose and Patricia (Kenneth) Seaba; and her brother, Steven Rose.
Marilyn was born on February 16, 1943, three miles south of Delta, Iowa to Delmar and Helen (Moore) Rose. She was a graduate of Delta High School, Class of 1961. Following graduation she moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she met and married Charles D. Walsh on September 1, 1962, and had their son, Michael C. Walsh.
Marilyn was a home maker and a lifetime member of the Genealogical Society of Linn County for over 40 years; she also belonged to the Ladies Auxiliary VFW and the Red Hat Society. She was quite a cook, also enjoyed flower gardening, reading, going to lunch and shopping with her granddaughter Morgan, antiquing, going to flea markets and researching her family’s history.
Marilyn J. Walsh will be greatly missed.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy.
Please share a memory of Marilyn at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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