Marilyn Morin Akeley
AKELEY, Marilyn Morin, 81, PRESQUE ISLE, FORT FAIRFIELD & FORT COLLINS, CO, at Colorado, January 12, 2012. A Celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle. Arrangements in care of Giberson-Dorsey Funeral Home, Fort Fairfield.
PRESQUE ISLE, FORT FAIRFIELD & FORT COLLINS, CO – Marilyn Morin Akeley passed away peacefully at a Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab in Fort Collins, Colorado, on January 12, 2012.
Marilyn Joy Morin was born in Presque Isle on June 17, 1930, to Philip Maurice Morin and Leola Lovering Morin. She attended schools in Milo and graduated from Presque Isle High School in 1948. On July 22, 1949, Marilyn married the love of her life, Russell Joseph Akeley. Their journey together was cut short when Russell passed away in 1979, but her life remained rich with children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and friends. Starting in 1979, Marilyn touched the lives of countless students in Aroostook County as the librarian at the Fort Fairfield Middle and High Schools and then as the children’s librarian at Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle.
Marilyn is survived by her sister, Gloria Locke and her husband, John of Lakeside, AZ; daughters, Donna Fraser and her husband, Jerry of Woodstock, Virginia, Kimberly Akeley-Charron and her husband, Eric of Loveland, Colorado; daughter-in-law, Bonny Akeley of Waterville; granddaughter, Angela Stark and her husband, Josh; grandsons, Steven Akeley and his wife, Julie, Gibb Charron and Reed Charron. Marilyn is also survived by great-granddaughters, Lilly, Abigayle, Emeline, Katherine and Sienna.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and son, Reverend Gary R. Akeley.
A Celebration of Marilyn’s life will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle. Donations may be made to Akeley Memorial Scholarship Fund, Aroostook Savings and Loan, c/o Debra Barnes, 43 High Street, Caribou, 04736 or the Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library, 39 Second Street, Presque Isle, 04769. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Giberson-Dorsey Funeral Home, 144 Main Street, Fort Fairfield.
