INFORMATION FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:
Marilynn Jane Baumer Graebner
BIRTH 4 Oct 1923, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 4 Jun 2016 (aged 92)
BURIAL Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, Medina County, Ohio, USA
MEMORIAL ID 164108459
Marilynn Graebner, age 92, was born in Gary, Indiana on October 4, 1923. She died in Delaware, Ohio on June 4, 2016. Marilynn grew up in Hobart, Indiana and attended Purdue University. She graduated in 1944 with a BA in Home Economics. She worked for Stouffers Restaurants which eventually brought her to the Cleveland area where she met Herman, her husband of 63 years. They were married in 1948.
After moving to several different Midwest locations while raising their three daughters, Marilynn and Herm returned to Ohio and settled in Medina in 1973. During her 40 years of residency in Medina, Marilynn has blessed the community with her talents and hard work in many ways. She formed the Gazebo-Kazoobo Band, a neighborhood band that performed in the Medina gazebo for seven years and in local parades. She was one of the founders of the Medina Show Biz Co. and served as a producer, writer, director, lyric writer, performer and “idea-woman” for many years. In 1977 she was asked to serve as the dance director and choreographer for the Medina County Annual Young Women’s Leadership Charity Ball and she faithfully served in that role for 28 years, never missing a rehearsal or event. Her love for dancing inspired her to start the Disco Beat Dance Studio and along with her husband Herman taught disco dancing to over 2400 people in Medina County. Marilynn was an active member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church serving on the alter guild, and as a Stephen Minister and as a Eucharistic Minister for the congregation. She served as treasurer for the Medina County Chamber of Commerce. In 1993 Marilynn was invited to join P.E.O. Sisterhood and served actively on both the local and state level for over 15 years. Marilynn was honored for her community service as a 2004 recipient of the Medina County Women of Distinction Award, and honorable mention by the Medina County Gazette Mother-of-the-Year recognition. In 2014 Marilynn relocated to Willow Brook Delaware Run, a Christian retirement facility in Delaware, Ohio and promptly organized a Kazoo band and dominoes group and helped produce two variety shows.
Marilynn was preceded in death by her husband, Herman F. Graebner in 2011. Visitation will be at Waite Funeral Home 765 N. Court Street, Medina on Thursday June 9th from 3-5 and 7-9. Funeral services will be at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 400 North Broadway Street, Medina on Friday June 10th at 11:00am with visitation beginning at 10:00am. Interment will be at 9:00am Saturday at Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Matthew Lutheran Church. In celebration of Marilynn’s zest for life, and her love of fun hats, we invite her friends to wear their favorite hat to the funeral services and/or visitations.
This information and the images below were obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164108459/marilynn-jane-graebner. The picture above was obtained from the 1941 HHS Aurora yearbook, made available by the Lake County Public Library, at: https://archive.org/details/HOHS1941Images/.