Adams County IL Archives Obituaries.....Penrose, Marilyn Anita Odell January 19, 2019
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The Sierra Vista Herald  1-23-2019


SIERRA VISTA — Marilyn Anita Odell Penrose passed away early on Saturday, 
January 19, 2019. She is now reunited with her husband, Bill.

On February 8, 1930, she was born in Rock Island, Illinois, to parents Cecil 
Odell and Ruth Augustine Odell. She was raised in her parents’ hometown of 
Quincy, Illinois.

After graduating from high school, she met and soon married William "Bill" 
Penrose, Jr. Starting out as the wife of an accountant and college student, her 
life underwent a major change after Bill re-enlisted in the U.S. Army and 
shipped out to serve in the Korean War. She and Bill spent the next 2 decades 
raising their growing family, living at various duty stations, and moving across 
the country several times. One of her favorite places was when they lived in 
pre-statehood Hawaii. After six children and 21 years of marriage, they arrived 
at Fort Huachuca.

When Bill retired from the Army, they moved to their final home in Sierra Vista. 
She started a civil service career and was instrumental in starting and running 
the word processing center in Greely Hall. She retired after more than 20 years 
of service.

She has always loved music, especially singing. She was an active member of the 
Sierra Vista United Methodist Church and sang in the choir for many years. She 
also was a member of the Sierra Vista Community Chorus, including singing as a 
member of the Sugartones. She was blessed by the fellowship and many friends 
that she met in her decades of participation with the church, the choir, and the 
community chorus.

While she was a young mother with four small children and a husband in wartime 
Korea, she was once described by her mother-in-law as "willful." She will be 
remembered for her love of singing, wonderful sense of humor, many loyal 
friendships, and fierce love of family. We are diminished by her loss.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; sister, Ruth "Jeanne" Sheely of 
Pittsfield, MA; and nephew, Michael Sheely of Charlotte, NC.

She is survived by her six children: David, Donald, Darcy McSherry, Wendy Burke, 
Douglas, and Dean. She is also survived by her niece, Patricia Sheely of 
Pittsfield, MA; her six grandchildren: Donald, Travis, Holly, Brandon, Melanie, 
and Courtney; and her 10 great-grandchildren: Maile, Alana, Patrick, Sean, 
Desmond, Waylon, Joshua, Kai, Nyla, and Kiana.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at 
the Sierra Vista United Methodist Church, 3225 Saint Andrews Drive, Sierra 
Vista. A reception will follow in the Activity Center. Interment will be at 
Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, Illinois.

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