Marilyn Sherrill, age 86, of Crab Orchard, died peacefully at home on July 23.
Born in Minneapolis to Arthur Stanley Kurtz and Leocadia Seraphia Mallack Kurtz, a young Mrs. Sherrill loved catching lake critters with her father, being athletic, being part of the Catholic faith, reading geographical and cultural narratives, and painting.
She attended Incarnate Catholic School in Minneapolis and graduated from Park Rapids High School in 1957 before joining the U.S. Air Force, where she ultimately served as a combat radar reader and, importantly, met and married her life mate, Edgar Leland Sherrill Jr., whom she knew as Joe (then Jody).
Mrs. Sherrill was preceded in death by her husband, father, mother, and brothers Roger and Danny Kurtz, sisters Bea Hartman (George) and Linda Fodstad (John), and is survived by her children, Dr. John (Beth) Sherrill, Joseph (LeeAnn) Sherrill, Ann Sherrill Morphew, and Teresa (Jerry) Duncan, and her sister, Elaine Kurtz Palbicki, sister-in-law, Dee Dee Kurtz, and brother-in-law, Charles Pepper Hild, along with 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and numerous beloved nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass for Mrs. Sherrill was held on Aug. 9 (the date of Marilyn and Jody’s wedding anniversary) at St. Alphonsus Church in Crossville. Following the funeral Mass, a burial service was held at Haley’s Grove Cemetery in Crab Orchard.
Mrs. Sherrill supported many beloved causes. Donations in her memory may be made to her and her husband’s Roane State Community College student scholarship, the Edgar L. (Jody) Sherrill and Marilyn Sherrill Scholarship Endowment, or to a favorite nonprofit organization.