Marlyn Joy Teague, age 88, of Wooster, formerly of Louisville, Colorado, passed away at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Wayne County Care Center in Wooster, Ohio.
She was born May 17, 1922 in Nisland, S. Dakota, to Robert Clarke and Blanche Lillian (Kirk) Spencer and grew up outside of Nisland where her family farmed. She attended high school in Nisland, and graduated as valedictorian of her class. She obtained a teaching degree at Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, S. Dakota and taught at S. Dakota School for the Blind.
Marlyn married Howard Teague on December 12, 1943, in Spearfish, S. Dakota. Howard left for England where he served in the United States Army Air Corp. as a bombadier during World War II and Marlyn taught in a one room country school in Arpan, S. Dakota during that time. After the war they moved to Nebraska where Howard finished college and they started a family. They later lived in Wooster, Ohio, where Howard worked at the Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center for 20 years. Marlyn was asked to start the Wee Care Center at the First Presbyterian Church in Wooster and worked there for many years, opening in 1964 and it still exists today. She worked at the Bouquet Shop in Wooster and was active in the Viola Thorn Club and League of Women Voters. They later lived in Hastings, Nebraska and Fairfax, Virginia, and retired in Louisville, Colorado in 1990.
Marlyn was loved and admired by everyone who knew her. She loved children and teaching and was an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her family. She loved to entertain and cook and later in life she enjoyed painting.
She is survived by her loving husband, Howard Teague; sons, Douglas (Jan) Teague of Sheridan WY., Richard (Charee) Teague of Richmond, Va.; Edward (Sue) Teague of Redmond, Wash., and Allen (Colleen) Teague of Orrville, Oh.; 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and a younger sister, Virginia.
Marlyn's family wishes to thank the Wayne County Care Center for the excellent care and love she received while a resident there.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations be made in her name to the Wee Care Center 424 Bowman St., Wooster, Ohio 44691 or to the Wayne County Care Center, 876 S. Geyers Chapel Rd, Wooster, Ohio, 44691.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave., Alliance, Ohio 44601.
She was born May 17, 1922 in Nisland, S. Dakota, to Robert Clarke and Blanche Lillian (Kirk) Spencer and grew up outside of Nisland where her family farmed. She attended high school in Nisland, and graduated as valedictorian of her class. She obtained a teaching degree at Northern State Teachers College in Aberdeen, S. Dakota and taught at S. Dakota School for the Blind.
Marlyn married Howard Teague on December 12, 1943, in Spearfish, S. Dakota. Howard left for England where he served in the United States Army Air Corp. as a bombadier during World War II and Marlyn taught in a one room country school in Arpan, S. Dakota during that time. After the war they moved to Nebraska where Howard finished college and they started a family. They later lived in Wooster, Ohio, where Howard worked at the Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center for 20 years. Marlyn was asked to start the Wee Care Center at the First Presbyterian Church in Wooster and worked there for many years, opening in 1964 and it still exists today. She worked at the Bouquet Shop in Wooster and was active in the Viola Thorn Club and League of Women Voters. They later lived in Hastings, Nebraska and Fairfax, Virginia, and retired in Louisville, Colorado in 1990.
Marlyn was loved and admired by everyone who knew her. She loved children and teaching and was an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her family. She loved to entertain and cook and later in life she enjoyed painting.
She is survived by her loving husband, Howard Teague; sons, Douglas (Jan) Teague of Sheridan WY., Richard (Charee) Teague of Richmond, Va.; Edward (Sue) Teague of Redmond, Wash., and Allen (Colleen) Teague of Orrville, Oh.; 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and a younger sister, Virginia.
Marlyn's family wishes to thank the Wayne County Care Center for the excellent care and love she received while a resident there.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations be made in her name to the Wee Care Center 424 Bowman St., Wooster, Ohio 44691 or to the Wayne County Care Center, 876 S. Geyers Chapel Rd, Wooster, Ohio, 44691.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave., Alliance, Ohio 44601.
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