Marilyn M. Edwards
April 8, 1930 — August 8, 2017
Marilyn M. Edwards, 87, of Brookings, formerly of Colton, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at The Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings.
As per her wishes there will be no services. Burial will be in the Colton Cemetery.
Marilyn was born April 8, 1930 in Lake Odessa, Michigan to parents Marion “Jim” and Grace (Hoftile) Warner. She moved with her family to Ree Heights, South Dakota in 1946. She graduated from high school in 1946 and then attended the South Dakota Beauty Academy in Sioux Falls.
Marilyn married Ralph Edwards September 21, 1951 in Jackson, Michigan. They moved to Colton and she owned and operated beauty shops in Colton and Hartford. In 1971 they moved to Brookings, where she worked at the Holiday Inn as the Food and Beverage Director for 15 years.
Survivors include nephews and their wives, Kurt and Penny Warner, Lansing, Michigan and Robert and Joanne Nelson, Colton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and a sister, Virginia.
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