Marion Geraldine (Gahagan) Stilwell was born March 2, 1931, at The Loop, PA, the first of three daughters born to Dwight and Serena Lucille (Barrett) Gahagan. After a long and happy life, she passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society, New Underwood, SD on her 73rd wedding anniversary, sharing all those years with her soulmate, Harold L. Stilwell. She was 89.
Living her young childhood years at The Loop, PA, her widowed mother then moved the family to Powell, WY, where she remarried and their blended family of eight flourished. She attended Powell High School, and married Harold L. Stilwell on November 8, 1947. Three children were born to this union: Larry Dwight Stilwell, Judy Ann Stilwell, and Harold Wayne Stilwell.
A loving wife and mother, Marion put her family first and made secure, happy homes when they lived in Powell, Big Piney, and Gillette, WY, moving as needed when Harold's employment with Mobil Oil Company required relocating to a new community. In addition to being a superb homemaker, she worked outside the home and still found time for the hobbies and crafts she loved, including beautiful crocheting and the art of knitting.
Upon retirement, Harold and Marion spent winters in Yuma, AZ and summers in Wyoming and South Dakota. More recently, all family members, hearts overflowing with love, opened their homes to them, sharing in their care as they had done for us so lovingly as their children and grandchildren.
Marion is survived by her husband, Harold Louis Stilwell; children, Larry D. (Becky) Stilwell, Judy Ann Atkinson, and Harold Wayne (Vee) Stilwell; eight grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and stepbrother, Bill Dodson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Shawn Eugene Groves; daughter-in-law, Kimm Kay (Morsett) Stilwell; sisters, Marjorie Louise George and Cora Belle Gahagan; sons-in-law, Ronald Groves and Wayne Atkinson; stepfather, T.T. Dodson; and stepsiblings, Bob Dodson, Ted Dodson, and Nancy Dodson Martin.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at Mount Pisgah Cemetery, 804 South Emerson Avenue, Gillette, WY 82716.

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