Marilyn Staley

Marilyn Joan Staley, 62, of Keokuk, went to be with her Lord and savior on Wednesday, February 04, 2009 at her daughter's home with family by her side, after a courageous yearlong battle with cancer. She was born May 7, 1946, in Keokuk, Iowa the daughter of Herbert H. and Delphia M. Rube Leazer. She married Vance Felgar in 1967 and then later married Danny Staley in 1977. She was employed with Sheller Globe/Metzler as a Quality Control Lab Tech. She graduated from Central Lee in 1964. She was a member of the Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Keokuk and she had served on the church board. She was a member of United Methodist Women, Mary Larson Circle, Hospitality Committee and Funeral Dinner Committee. She enjoyed flowers gardening, antiquing, flea markets auctions and her toy poodle Shannan. She is survived by a daughter, Lisa Howell and her husband, Robert of Kahoka, Missouri; a son, Scott Staley of Keokuk, Iowa; two stepdaughters, Tammy Staley of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Teresa Burke of Keokuk, Iowa; two grandchildren Arynn and Devin Londrie of Kahoka, Missouri; step granddaughter, Heather Davis and her husband John of Montrose, Iowa; two great step grandson, ...[more]

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h & Kacey Davis of Montrose, Iowa; three brothers, Gary Leazer and his wife Ruth of Snellville, Georgia; Ronald Leazer and his wife Judy of St. Louis, Missouri; Timothy Leazer of Farmington, Iowa; a special nieces, Stormy Leazer of Farmington, Iowa; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents. Funeral services were Saturday, February 7, 2009 at DeJong's Funeral Home with Pastor ¬David Barrett officiating. A private burial will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorials may be made to Emmanuel Methodist Church or Embury Cemetery Association.