Marilyn Klassy

Marilyn Klassy, 94, passed on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013, in Corona, Calif., where she lived independently until March of this year.

At Marilyn's request, there are no funeral services and cremation was under the direction of Sierra Memorial Chapel of Riverside, Calif. Her ashes will be placed alongside her husband's, near Rocky Bar, Idaho.

Marilyn was born in LeRoy, Minn., on Dec. 14, 1918, to Edward Elmer and Zelda Irene Smith Hall. Marilyn was the middle child of three children and the only daughter. She graduated from LeRoy High School in 1936.

After graduation she was employed at a Rochester Bank and she rode the train to work from LeRoy to Rochester to work six days a week. She tired of the commute and was soon employed by the LeRoy Cooperative Creamery, where she met Web, her future husband.

She was very conservative and it took Web a year to finally get her to agree to go on a date with him. They were married on April 4, 1942.

Web entered the service and served in WWII. Marilyn, being a war bride, stayed in Leroy while he was overseas, then followed him to Oregon, Arkansas, Colorado and Palm Springs, Calif. She then retuned to LeRoy while he went overseas where he was part of the D-Day flotilla and then worked in a London Hospital.

After the war, they moved to Idaho, partly because it was so much warmer than Minnesota.

Marilyn worked at the Idaho First National Bank for several years while Web was a self-employed as a contractor.

In 1960, they moved to Mountain Home, Idaho where they owned and operated a motel and mobile home park. They lived there for over 40 years.

Upon retirement, they decided to stay in Mountain Home because they had made many good friends and enjoyed the wilderness areas.

Marilyn and Web were married 59 years on April 4, 2001. To celebrate 59 years together they took a short trip through the Hagerman Valley and, during that trip, they took their first and only helicopter ride.

After living in Mountain Home as a widow for over six years, Marilyn's children convinced her to move to California so she could live near her daughters. She lived in Crown Pointe, an independent residence, where she enjoyed many of the activities.

Marilyn enjoyed being around her children and grandchildren until her passing, although she always missed Mountain Home, her friends and the more rural environment. Her daughters, Kay and Karla, were so happy to have her near them during the last few years of her life.

Marilyn is survived by three children, Kay Beach (Jim) of Riverside, Calif., Karman Klassy (Jo Ann Elg), of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Karla Griffith (Wade) of Corona, Calif., and seven grandchildren, James Beach, Katherine Beach, Heidi Stahlberg, Kim Klassy, (their mother, Cindy Klassy) Jarad, Janae and Jacklyn Griffith, two great-granddaughters, Makiah Green, Kirian Griffith, a brother, Keith Hall (Charlotte) of Jacksonville, Fla., their three sons and families, and Web's four nephews and niece and their families and many wonderful friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Web, in 2001, and her older brother, Winfield, in 1963.

The family is thankful for the care and concern of the residents, caregivers, dining room staff, housekeeping staff and administrative employees of Crown Pointe and volunteers. They are also thankful for the care given by Marilyn's personal caregiver, Holly Costello and Charter Hospice.

Memorials may be made in Marilyn's name to the First Congregational Church of Mountain Home or Legacy Park, City of Mountain Home, Idaho.