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Marilyn Modlin

December 11, 1945 — September 11, 2008

Marilyn J. Modlin, 62, of Eldora, died from natural causes on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at the Bright Kavanah House in Des Moines while under the care of Hospice of Central Iowa. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Monday, September 15, 2008 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora with Jeff Thayer officiating. Burial will follow in the Eldora City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 pm to 8 pm on Sunday at Creps-Abels Funeral Home.




Marilyn was born December 11, 1945 in Madison, Wisconsin, daughter of Harold and Isabel (Jones) King. She was raised in Madison and graduated from East High School in 1963, then attended Madison area Tech School for a year. On March 1, 1969 Marilyn was united in marriage to Dennis Modlin in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin she worked as a receptionist at American Family Insurance then for Dane County Social Services. She moved to Eldora on January 1, 1976 and worked as a nurses aid at the Eldora Manor and then at the Eldora Hospital in housekeeping. She was a member of the Non-Denominational Church and enjoyed knitting and computers developing web-pages, searching genealogy, and monitoring a chat-room for the blind.




Marilyn is survived by her husband, Dennis; her father, Harold of Lodi, Wisconsin; son, Scott (Andrea) Modlin of West Salem, Wisconsin; daughter, Michelle Modlin of Des Moines; sisters, Ellen Olsen of Lodi, Wisconsin and Eileen (Mark) Olson of Madison, Wisconsin; and by grandchildren, Joel, Ben, Evan and Chris. She was preceded in death by her mother, Isabel and brother, Bobby.



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