Marilyn Mae Gonnerman

Marilyn Mae Gonnerman, 84, of Waterloo, formerly of Grundy Center, died Saturday, July 27, 2019, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

She was born on May 18, 1935, in Grundy Center, daughter of Frank A. and Elva E. Penticoff Grabinski. She graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1953.

Marilyn married Donald G. Gonnerman February 1, 1958, at the Walnut Street Baptist Church in Waterloo. He died on May 30, 2013.

She was a member of Walnut Ridge Baptist Church and served as deaconess. Marilyn was the former office secretary at Walnut Ridge Baptist Academy from 1982–2002. She then worked part time for Kelly Temp Agency and Walnut Ridge Baptist Church.

She is survived by her children: two sons, Rodney (friend Lori) of Waterloo and Michael (Dana) of Overland Park, Kansas, and a daughter, Sara (Daniel) Moore of Hudson, Iowa. Also her six grandchildren: Erica, Ashley, and Mallory Gonnerman, Emily (Talon) Meyer, Katie, and Zachary Moore; a great granddaughter, Brenna Rose Gonnerman; and her brother, Dr. Dale (Sally) Grabinski of West Des Moines.

She is preceded in death by her husband; three brothers, Willis Grabinski, Eldon Grabinski and Robert Grabinski and four sisters-in-law.