1936
Marilyn
2022
Marilyn A. Sibley
June 21, 1936 — March 29, 2022
Marilyn Alice Sibley died peacefully March 29, 2022 in Henry, IL, where she had resided for 10 months, struggling with the effects of dementia. A funeral service will be held at 3pm on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Mt. Carroll, IL. Visitation will take place from 2pm to 3pm before the service. Burial will follow at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.
Marilyn was born June 21, 1936 in Chicago, IL to Frederick and Alvina (Hoppe) Kopping. She graduated from Elgin High School and was employed by Bell Telephone Company as a telephone operator.
The only-child, city girl met a country boy with eight siblings and fell in love. Marilyn married Truman D. Sibley on September 28, 1958 in Elgin, Ill. They began their family in Cary, Ill., lived in Rockville, Ind., and finally in Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Marilyn was a homemaker and help-mate to her husband. She was a volunteer and cook for many years at the Caroline Mark Home in Mt. Carroll. An AVON sales representative, she achieved President’s Club for high sales several years in a row.
Marilyn enjoyed music; she played the accordion and organ. She loved the garden; weeding and harvesting and green beans. Marilyn loved a bargain and saw potential in every thing. She had a strong will, a soft heart and a helping hand.
Baptized in the Lutheran Church, Marilyn was very involved in church activities as a youth. She raised her children in the faith and kept it close all of her life. Her guidance was “Do the right thing”.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, an infant sister, and her husband who
passed April 10, 2000.
She is survived by a daughter, Karen (David) Bejster, Spring Valley, IL; two sons, Dean (Shawn) Sibley, Humansville, MO, and Roger Sibley (Deana Boyer), Mt. Carroll, IL; seven grandchildren, Joel (Rachel) Bejster, Mendota, IL, Katelyn (Brian) Johnson, Rio, IL, Mark Bejster, Peru, IL, Ashley (Travis) Scrutchfield, Missouri, Lacy (Ray) Turner, Missouri, Allison Sibley and Katessa Sibley, Mt. Carroll, IL; seven great-grandchildren, Bentley and Brooklyn Bejster, Audrey Johnson, Hudson and Landry Scrutchfield, Michyla Turner and Brycen Zickau; as well as beloved sisters- and brothers-in-law, and cousins.
In remembrance of Marilyn: do a kindness, and have some ice cream!
Marilyn was born June 21, 1936 in Chicago, IL to Frederick and Alvina (Hoppe) Kopping. She graduated from Elgin High School and was employed by Bell Telephone Company as a telephone operator.
The only-child, city girl met a country boy with eight siblings and fell in love. Marilyn married Truman D. Sibley on September 28, 1958 in Elgin, Ill. They began their family in Cary, Ill., lived in Rockville, Ind., and finally in Mt. Carroll, Ill.
Marilyn was a homemaker and help-mate to her husband. She was a volunteer and cook for many years at the Caroline Mark Home in Mt. Carroll. An AVON sales representative, she achieved President’s Club for high sales several years in a row.
Marilyn enjoyed music; she played the accordion and organ. She loved the garden; weeding and harvesting and green beans. Marilyn loved a bargain and saw potential in every thing. She had a strong will, a soft heart and a helping hand.
Baptized in the Lutheran Church, Marilyn was very involved in church activities as a youth. She raised her children in the faith and kept it close all of her life. Her guidance was “Do the right thing”.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, an infant sister, and her husband who
passed April 10, 2000.
She is survived by a daughter, Karen (David) Bejster, Spring Valley, IL; two sons, Dean (Shawn) Sibley, Humansville, MO, and Roger Sibley (Deana Boyer), Mt. Carroll, IL; seven grandchildren, Joel (Rachel) Bejster, Mendota, IL, Katelyn (Brian) Johnson, Rio, IL, Mark Bejster, Peru, IL, Ashley (Travis) Scrutchfield, Missouri, Lacy (Ray) Turner, Missouri, Allison Sibley and Katessa Sibley, Mt. Carroll, IL; seven great-grandchildren, Bentley and Brooklyn Bejster, Audrey Johnson, Hudson and Landry Scrutchfield, Michyla Turner and Brycen Zickau; as well as beloved sisters- and brothers-in-law, and cousins.
In remembrance of Marilyn: do a kindness, and have some ice cream!
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