Marilyn Larson

Marilyn June (Holquist) Larson, 85, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Dec. 3, 2011. Services will be 10 am, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to Wayside Waifs, 3901 Martha Truman Rd., K.C. MO 64137.
Marilyn was born Sept. 21, 1926 in St. Louis, MO. Her family moved to the Kansas City area and she graduated from Westport High School in the Class of 1943. She was a member of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Overland Park, KS where she was active in the choir and was a leader of the youth group, the M.Y.F. She later attended First Presbyterian of Independence, and most recently attended Wood Chapel United Methodist Church. She had been Girl Scout Leader and was a member of the Christian Women’s Association and Lakewood Country Club.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband Wilmer A. Larson in 1993. She is survived by son Roger K. Larson and wife Lisa, Kansas City, MO; daughter Lynn E. Larson (Bolger), Lee’s Summit, MO; grandchildren Christopher S. Bolger and wife Stacy, Albuquerque, NM; Michael S. Bolger, Lee’s Summit, MO; Helen McDonald; Michelle McDonald, both of Kansas City, MO; great-grandchildren Emily Gauthier, Alyson Bolger; Christopher McDonald; brother-in-law James Daniel Larson, Independence, MO and sister-in-law Mary Lucille Larson, Lee’s Summit, MO.