Memorial services for Mildred Marr will follow visitation from noon until 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the United Methodist Church in Adrian. Burial will be in Adrian Cemetery. There was also a memorial service in Prescott.
Mildred Evelyn Marr, 92, Prescott, Ariz., formerly of the Adrian and Rock County area, died in her home on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002.
Mildred Knowlton was born to Jim and Anna (Obele) Knowlton on Aug. 10, 1909, in Kenneth. She graduated from Magnolia High School in 1926. She enrolled at Winona State Teachers College, now Winona State University, to pursue a career in education. After graduation she returned home to teach in the Kenneth area.
She married Gerald "Monk" Marr of Adrian on June 8, 1939. She continued to teach while they lived on their farm east of Magnolia. In 1946 they moved to a farm near Lismore where they remained until 1955. They then moved to a farm near Kenneth. During that time she taught in two schools near Kenneth and Leota. In 1957 they bought a home in Lismore. She began her teaching days in Adrian. She touched so many lives as a teacher, both in the country schools and in Adrian. Her husband died unexpectedly in 1968. She moved to Adrian where she could be closer to her work. In 1977 she retired from teaching and built a home in Adrian. She moved to Prescott in 1997.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Pete and Nancy Marr, Sparta, Wis., and David and Sandra Marr, Palm Coast, Fla.; one daughter and son-in-law, Geral Dene and Bob Burdman, Prescott; nine grandchildren, Jeff, Eric, Erin, Amanda, Gerad, Tom and Ryan, Bob and David; and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Marr was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gerald, two brothers, Jim and Tom Knowlton, and four sisters, an infant sister, Lillian Shelby, Marge Knowlton and Janet Goeske.
Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Adrian, is in charge of arrangements.