Marilyn Deloris ELLINGBOE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1916-28442
• Social Security Number: 531-24-3355 Issued In Washington Before 1951
• Baptism: 27 Aug 1916, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 24 May 1931, Minnesota

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Thorson.

In the 1940 census, she and her husband John Stapleton, a trucker, and daughter Jacqueline lived with her parents in St. Paul. Marilyn was a high school graduate. John had had two years of college. In 1935, he had lived in Cloquet in Carlton County, Minnesota.

Her obit in the 31 July 2005 edition of the Northwest Arkansas Times:

FAYETTEVILLE Marilyn E. Paynter, 89, of Fayetteville died Saturday in Fayetteville. She was born July 15, 1916, in Northfield, Minn., to Thomas O. and Grace Thorson Ellingboe.

She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard K. Paynter; and a grandson.

Survivors include one son, Scott Paynter of Red Wing, Minn.; one daughter, Jackie Costello of Fayetteville; sisters, Nona Hoffman of Ramona, Calif., and Betty Trumper of Minneapolis, Minn.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Memorial service will be held at a later date.

Despite the obit, Marilyn had more than two grandchildren at the time she died.

Birth:
her baptism record says 22 Jul

Baptism:
probably in Northfield, perhaps at St. John’s

Confirmation:
probably in St. Paul, perhaps at Immanuel

Family/Spouse: John W STAPLETON. John was born about 1913 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Howard Kenneth PAYNTER, Jr. Howard was born on 13 Oct 1915 in Salem, Washington County, Indiana; died on 12 Nov 1986 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not mentioned in his mother’s obituary as preceding her in death.