Marilyn 'Mickey' Ashe

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Marilyn "Mickey" Ashe, 78, of Marion passed away at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, at the Heartland Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Marion with the Rev. Marlon Otte officiating. The burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion after the funeral. The visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at the Blue Funeral Home in Marion, and starting at 10 a.m. (prior to funeral) at the church on Saturday. Memorials may be made to the ORL Capital Building Fund; envelopes are available at the funeral home; or may be sent c/o Blue Funeral Home, P.O. Box 411, Marion, Ill. 62959.

Marilyn was born on Aug. 7, 1932, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Leslie and Alice (Olson) Warburton. She married her high school sweetheart Robert Ashe on June 8, 1952, and they enjoyed 58 years of marriage.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Ashe of Marion; her children, Stephen L. and Connie Ann Ashe of Marion, Richard D. Ashe and his companion Pam Becker of Topeka, Kan. and Daniel K. and Sandra Freyer-Ashe of Martinez, Calif.; grandchildren, Stephanie Ashe, Meredith Ashe, Paul Ashe, Matthew Robert and Andrinna Ashe, Benjamin Joseph Ashe, Lauren Stephanie Ashe, Edward Freyer and Christina Freyer; great-grandchildren, Marlie Ashe, Alia Ashe, Alexander Freyer and Mason Draper; and sister, Linda and Marlin Cone of Kansas City, Mo. Survivors also include several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Susan Pitcher.

Marilyn was a founding member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and a past Sunday school superintendent. She was a member of WELCA (Women of Evangelical Lutheran Church of America). She received a master's degree in elementary education at Southern Illinois University and taught 28 years for Marion Unit No. 2. She was a member of the National Education Association as well as a life member of Beta Sigma Phi. She held every office in her chapter. The family would like to send a special thank-you to all of the people who supported Marilyn during her life's journey.

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