Obit: Jennings, Mary B. #2 (1938 - 2009) 

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Surnames: Jennings, Jensen, Shaner, Dallman, Gotts, Draper, Wentz 
 

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Thursday, 9 July 2009 
 

Jennings, Mary B. (26 May 1938 - 4 July 2009) 
 

GREENWOOD, WIS. -- Mary B. "Marilee" Jennings, 71, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2009, as a result of an automobile accident on May 28, 2009. 
 

She was born May 26, 1938, in Flint, Mich. She graduated from the Elk Rapids High School in Elk Rapids, Mich. She was married to Kenneth Jennings in October 1958, and together they raised four daughters. Marilee operated a tax business for several years out of the family farm. 
 

She later moved to Mesa, Ariz., and then to Dixon, Mo. Marilee moved to Greenwood in November 2008. She was currently employed at the Neillsville School District as an aide, where she enjoyed working with the children. Marilee always enjoyed helping people, reading, crocheting and riding horses. 
 

She is survived by her four children, Kendra (Rick Thomas) Jennings of Byron, Ill., Jonell (Michael) Jensen of Malta, Ill., Terryle Shaner of Unity and Julie (Tim) Dallman of Greenwood; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Margie (Bob) Gotts of Madison, Ind., and Janet Draper of Newport News, Va. 
 

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 19, 2009, at the Living Hope Evangelical Free Church, 7 Fairground Ave., Neillsville. The Rev. Steve Wentz will officiate. 
 

Marilee has been a member of Living Hope Evangelical Free Church since moving to the area. 
 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Burn Center Youth Camp in care of the Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety, P.O. Box 1442, Brookfield, WI 53008; or to the church and donations will be forwarded.