Marilyn Winn Green 1945-2009

Marilyn 2009

Marilyn 1964

Vance's beautiful sister passed away 5 years ago today. She was the oldest daughter of Spencer & Thora Winn, and so much of her time was spent watching her younger brothers and sisters while her mother worked at Petersen Draperies. One day Vance really freaked Marilyn out.  He was running around and dove through the window and the window won.  He was bleeding everywhere and glass was stuck all over his body.  Marilyn got busy plucking glass out of his shoulder, head, and arms and then took care of him.

Vance after he ran through a window

Marilyn was very popular in Preston among her classmates and her friends.  She always took time to style her hair and wore the most fashionable clothes, which always looked really good on her.  She kept her room clean and tidy.  She also learned shorthand and Vance wondered how she knew what it said because it looked like a foreign language to him. If there was an award for the most likely to succeed of the seven siblings, Vance said Marilyn would have won it.

One of the main reasons we moved from Idaho to Utah in 1987 was because of Marilyn.  She loved to learn and always encouraged others to keep learning. When Vance was at BYU Marilyn would proof read his papers, because that is what she loved to do. She would read text books just for the fun and joy of learning.  She stayed up on all current events and could talk about anything.  She was an amazing conversationalist. She loved to listen to Rush Limbaugh and watch Fox News. If she couldn't find her glasses she'd wear her sunglasses inside the house so she could watch Fox News on her stool in the kitchen.

Even though it has been 5 years, it seems like it was just yesterday we were driving around town laughing after Ed tried to help her get into the mini van and yet it also seems like forever because we miss her so very much!