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Evelyn Jean King Marriott
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Birth: Feb. 25, 1921
Ford County
Illinois, USA
Death: Dec. 25, 2015
Urbana
Champaign County
Illinois, USA
Evelyn Jean Marriott, 94, of Urbana died at 10 a.m. Friday (Dec. 25, 2015) at home.
She was born on Feb. 25, 1921 on a farm between Paxton and Loda. She was the next-to-youngest of nine children born to Andrew Jackson and Clara Russell King.
She married David Richard Marriott on Dec. 17, 1939. They farmed in the townships of Somer and Stanton all their married life, except for a short time in Indiana.
Surviving are five children, Jacqueline (Phil) Nigg, David (Ann) Marriott, Joseph (Jane) Marriott, Debra (David) Knight and Jeffre (Dodie) Marriott; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brothers, Ray, Maurice, Lester, Robert and John King; her sisters, Helen Danseizer, Mildred Stevens and Eva King and one grandchild, Randell Nigg.
Besides Evelyn helping her husband farm and raising five children, she worked out of the home in later years at Follett's Book Store on the campus of the University of Illinois.
After that, she worked at the Agronomy Department at the UI, from which she retired in 1986. Evelyn also served as a Democrat election judge in Somer and Stanton townships for many years.
She was a member of the First Methodist Church, Urbana, the Neighborhood Social Club, and at one time served as officer of the Urbana Football Parents Association.
Published in the Champaign, Illinois News-Gazette. Dec 27, 2015
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Parents:
Andrew James King (1881 - 1950)
Clara M. Russell King (1882 - 1973)
Spouse:
David Richard Marriott (1917 - 2008)
Siblings:
Iva Lou King (____ - 1923)*
Raymond Russell King (1906 - 1989)*
George Lester King (1908 - 1918)*
Maurice C King (1910 - 1998)*
Helen Elizabeth King Danzeiser (1912 - 1988)*
Robert H King (1913 - 1997)*
Mildred Madeline King Stevens (1916 - 2006)*
John Lloyd King (1918 - 1991)*
Evelyn Jean King Marriott (1921 - 2015)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Yearsley Cemetery
Urbana
Champaign County
Illinois, USA
Created by: Bob & Nancy Cannon
Record added: Dec 27, 2015
Find A Grave Memorial# 156405179
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