Marilyn Joyce H. French

Marilyn Hutchins French On Saturday morning November 16, 2013, surrounded by her loving nurses and caregivers at Good Samaritan Society in Socorro, an �angel unaware� won her wings and sped away totally healed after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer�s. Alzheimer�s can no longer erase your memories, tap dance on your dignity or determine your destiny! Marilyn was born to John Maurice and Sarah Elizabeth Crossely Hutchins on January 17, 1932. Marilyn arrived at a cabin on Monkey Island (named for her mother) on the Grand Lake of the Cherokees in Northeastern Oklahoma. Her childhood home and the Blackjack Oak tree that shaded the cabin are now the number 9 green of the Shangri La Golf Resort. Marilyn grew up fishing and riding her Morgan mare Blackie.The Hutchins family left Oklahoma during the Depression and traveled to Silver City where her father took a mining job at Luck Mine. The family traveled over the Black Range, a one lane dirt track at the time. Marilyn spent the next 75 years of her life in Silver City. She graduated from Teachers High School, attended WNMU for a year and transferred to the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She played field hockey and was the center on the basketball team while earning her degree in teaching. On July 25, 1953 Marilyn was joined in Holy Matrimony to Wilber Dean French Jr. at the Methodist Church in Silver City. Both coaches and teachers, they were married for 55 years. Together they enjoyed the great out of doors, hunting, fishing, camping, gardening, the sporting activities of their children and family events. They created a Masonic family and Marilyn truly enjoyed working with Rainbow for Girls and Eastern Star while Dean enjoyed the Masons. In their later years they enjoyed endurance riding and teaching all their grandchildren to ride. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents John and Sadie Hutchins, a brother John Hutchins Jr., her husband Wilber Dean French and a son Michael Dean French. She is survived by her daughter Pat French Kimmick and husband Dwaine, Daughter-in-law Deborah French, nephews: John Hutchins III and wife Candy and family, Jeff Hutchins and wife Susie, Joel Hutchins and wife Amy and family, brother-in-law Dale French and family and Danny French and family. Lastly, she is survived by her grandchildren and riding buddies (and their families): Jason Michael French, Elisa French Dawdy, Robert Dean Kimmick, Raelyn Morgan Kimmick, Bianca Hutchins Rogers and Jeffery Dean Hutchins.Services will be held at 2pm, Sunday December 8, 2013, at the Masonic Hall in Silver City, New Mexico. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions or donations may be given in Marilyn 's honor to: High Desert Humane Society or any other animal foundation of choice. To view information or leave a condolence, please visit www.danielsfuneral.com. Marilyn's Care has been entrusted to: Daniels Family Funeral Services 309 Garfield St Socorro, NM 87801 575-835-1530