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Lawton, Oklahoma September 5, 2018 March 1, 1941 ~ September 5, 2018 Marilyn Rose Dolan Durden was born March 1, 1941, and passed away in her own home in Lawton on September 5, 2018, at the age of 77, with her sister Bonnie by her side. A Celebration of Life service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2018, in the First United Methodist Church, Apache. A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Marilyn was raised on one of the family wheat farms near Boone for the first 14 years of her life. Here parents were Forest and Bess Dolan. She graduated from Boone school after completing the eighth grade. She graduated from Apache High School in 1959. She continued her education at Oklahoma State University, graduating in 1964 with a BFA degree with a minor in English. She was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. She later earned her MA degree in human relations from the University of Oklahoma. Marilyn is survived by her beloved only child, Tanya Marie Synar, an Association Professor of Visual Arts at Texas Women’s University in Denton, Texas; sisters: Susan Horinek [Dean], Dallas, Texas, and Bonnie McDonald Coffey [Doyle], Oklahoma City; nieces and nephews: Brandi McDonald-Juarez [Pedro], Yukon, Steve McDonald, Oklahoma City, Jimmy McDonald [Yvette], Asher, Kelly Horinek, Arlington, Va., Kristin Balko [Greg], Aspen, Colo., and Kevin Horinek [Gayla], Lewisville, Texas; and ex-husband, Pat Synar, Tahlequah. She is also survived by her dear friend Bill Pitts and the last of a long line of favorite kitties, KitKat. She spent 32 years as a civil service employee at various military bases. She spent the first 16 years as an illustrator for the Department of the Army at Fort Sill. The remainder of her career was spent in graphic art departments at Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; and Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colo, where she was the supervisor of the graphics shop at the time of her retirement. Marilyn was born an artist, appreciating beauty not only in art but in nature. She shared a strong interest in art with her daughter Tanya. They enjoyed going to art exhibits, many of which included Tanya’s own works of sculpture, as well as discussing art in general. Marilyn was vivacious and well-liked by her many friends. Marilyn’s final message which was both a plea and a prayer director to ladies everywhere: PLEASE, do not fail to get your Well-Woman [cancer] screening exams. |
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