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Sunday, March 21
Montrose
As a child, Marlys lived in the Montrose area. In her senior year, her family moved to Sioux Falls. Marlys was a 1943 graduate of Cathedral High School. In 1944, she married the love of her life, Gene Zimmer. Marlys and Gene made their home in Sioux Falls and were blessed with the perfect family, five boys and five girls. In 1971, the family moved to “the farm” near Montrose where Marlys and Gene reconnected with the friends of their youth.
Carrying her memory forward are seven of her 10 children: Suzanne (Ken) Jimmerson, Beverly (Gordon) Underwood, Patricia (Patio) Zimmer, Kenneth (Tina) Zimmer, Nita (Steve) Carey, Gary (Susan) Zimmer and Brian (Roxane) Zimmer; her 18 grandchildren and her 26 great-grandchildren. Marlys was predeceased by Gene, her husband of 74 years and 9 months; three of her children: Nicholas Zimmer, Roger Zimmer and Jacqueline Halbritter.
Funeral services were June 18 at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in Montrose, with internment at the Montrose Catholic Cemetery.
Arrangements provided by Kinzley Funeral Home.