Marilyn
Kenyon
Pemrick
Marilyn
K. Pemrick
passed
away
peacefully
at her
home on
Monday
afternoon,
Nov. 9,
2009, with
her loving
family at
her side
after a
long,
courageous
battle
with
breast
cancer.
Marilyn
was born
in
Cambridge,
N.Y., on
Jan. 7,
1937, the
daughter
of the
late Mark
and Alice
(Green)
Kenyon.
She
graduated
salutatorian
from
Cambridge
Central
School and
attended
Oneonta
State
Teachers
College.
On Oct. 1,
1955,
Marilyn
married
Francis J.
Pemrick
Jr. and
raised
three
wonderful
children.
Marilyn,
an
accomplished
pianist
and
organist,
was the
principal
performer
for both
the
Shushan
Presbyterian
and
Methodist
churches
for years.
She also
was a
Legion of
Mary and
Court
Leonard
CDA member
and lector
at St.
Patrick's
Church in
Cambridge.
After
moving to
Queensbury
in 1987,
she sang
in the Our
Lady of
the
Anunciation
church
choir and
joined the
Glens
Falls
Zonta
club.
A proud
member of
the
Mayflower
Society
and the
Edward
Fuller
Society,
Marilyn,
with her
sisters
Jane, Roxy
and Kay
enjoyed
attending
the annual
Fuller
reunions
in various
places
throughout
the United
States.
Retiring
from Glens
Falls
National
Bank in
1993,
after 25
years of
service,
Marilyn
stayed
busy
working at
Adirondack
Mortgage,
caring for
the
beautiful
gardens at
Kingswood
Golf
Course and
volunteering
for the
Glens
Falls
Hospital
Guild.
Marilyn
and Frank
spent 15
winters in
Winterhaven,
Fla.,
where
Marilyn
participated
in the
kitchen
band of
Oakwood
Estates,
the Red
Hat
Society,
and
enjoyed
time with
friends on
the golf
course.
Survivors
include
her
husband of
54 years,
Francis
Pemrick
Jr. and
their
children:
Denise
Dickinson
and her
husband,
John, of
Kingsbury,
Mark
Pemrick
and his
wife,
Renee, of
Chesapeake,
Va., and
Scott
Pemrick of
Amherst,
Mass.;
brothers
and
sisters:
S. Wayne
Kenyon of
Argyle,
Jane Keys
and her
husband,
Tom, of
Salem,
Roxy
Pemrick
and her
husband,
John, of
Greenwich,
Kay Walsh
and her
husband,
Edward, of
Kansas
City,
Kansas,
Mark
Kenyon Jr.
and his
wife, Cate,
of
Cambridge,
Ann Quinn
and her
husband,
Leo, of
Ballston
Spa, Reta
Pemrick of
Cambridge,
Dan
Pemrick
and his
wife,
Patsy, of
Middle
Grove and
Mary
MacLaren
and her
husband,
Mike, of
Tomah,
Wis.;
grandchildren:
Rachel
Pemrick of
Virginia
Beach,
Va.,
Jessica
Speer and
her
husband,
Stephen,
of
Elizabeth
City,
N.C.,
Crystal
Grimaldi
and her
husband,
Richard,
of
Kingsbury,
Amber
Pemrick of
Glens
Falls,
Joseph
Wachner of
Virginia
Beach,
Va.,
Kristin
Pemrick of
Chesapeake,
Va.;
great-grandchildren,
Paige and
Austin
Speer of
Elizabeth
City,
N.C.; and
numerous
nieces and
nephews.
Family and
friends
may call
from 2 to
4 p.m. and
6 to 8
p.m. on
Thursday,
Nov. 12,
at Ackley
& Ross
Funeral
Home, 73
W. Main
St.,
Cambridge.
A Mass of
Christian
Burial
will be
celebrated
at St.
Patrick's
Church, 17
South Park
St.,
Cambridge,
at 10 a.m.
on Friday,
Nov. 13,
with
Father
James
Walsh
officiating.
Burial
will
follow at
St.
Patrick's
Cemetery.
Marilyn's
pallbearers
will be
John
Dickinson,
Leo Quinn
Jr., Tom
Quinn,
Daniel
Pemrick,
Todd Keys,
Joshua
Pemrick
and Andrew
Pemrick.
In lieu of
flowers,
the family
suggests
memorial
donations
be made to
American
Breast
Cancer
Society,
260
Osborne
Road,
Loudonville,
NY 12211
or High
Peaks
Hospice at
667 Bay
Road,
Queensbury,
NY.
Class of
1954
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