Marilyn Sterling

Marilyn Sterling (Arthurton) of Blenheim passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 11, 2017. Marilyn was born 75 years ago to her late parents Ethel & Ernest Arthurton. She married Albert on February 3^rd 1962 and they were together for 35 years until his passing July 13, 1997. Marilyn was predeceased by her sister Joyce Fnukal. She will be remembered with great fondness by her sons Allan & Deb Sterling of Pain Court and Steven & Ellie Voets-Sterling of Blenheim, her grandchildren Bryce Voets-Sterling & Bernadette (Benny) Sullivan, Zoe & Wade Vermeersch, Cameron Sterling, Kyle Sterling, Connor Sterling and Kurtis Sterling. She will be missed by her brothers Keith & Norma Arthurton and Loris & Sharon Arthurton as well as her brother-in-law Joe & Sharon Fnukal and sister-in-law Lillian & Art Huffman and their families.

Marilyn loved camping with her family and friends and was a 40 year member of the National Campers and Hikers Association and local club, Ruf-n-Redi. She was the Past Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge in Blenheim, Past Grand Matriarch of the Ladies Encampment Auxiliary of Ontario and a longtime member of the Rebekah Lodge in Merlin. She enjoyed her 35 years working at H & R Block in Chatham and Blenheim and driving school bus for Blenheim Bus Lines for 30 years.

Family and friends are invited to the Blenheim Community Funeral Home where visitation will take place on Friday July 14, 2017 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. A Funeral Service for Marilyn will take place at the Funeral Home on Saturday July 15th at 11:00 a.m. Cremation will follow.  A private family interment will take place at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery.

Marilyn’s wish in lieu of flowers is to remember her by making a donation to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Diabetes Association.