This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hermenitt, Young, Curtis, Purdy, Smith, Herman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/801 Message Board Post: HERMENITT, Marylyn Delton Passed away October 13, 2002 at home. Marylyn was born June 26, 1952 in Plainwell; the daughter of Otis and Mary (Young) Hermenitt. A loyal employee for eleven years, Marylyn was a bench clerk for the Kalamazoo County Courts. Marylyn loved music; playing the guitar, auto harp and dulcimer and was a member of the Thornapple Valley Dulcimer Association and the Great Lakes Music Association. A former member of the band; Second Circle, she loved to attend music festivals, especially bluegrass, was a member of the Gull Creek Cloggers and she sang with her parents at Festival of Trees of Kalamazoo. Enjoying crocheting and sewing, she made many dolls for her daughters. She was a former member of Faith United Methodist Church, Delton. Marylyn loved her family and friends; and was constantly on the go; never letting her illness slow her down. She is survived by her parents; Otis and Mary Hermenitt of Delton; daughters: Michelle (Jason) Curtis of Lawton; Melissa Purdy and her fiancee ! Paul Cupp of Holt, Michigan and Stephanie (Christopher) Smith of Delton, a sister: Gloria (Ernest) Herman of Grand Rapids, a grandson: Westin Curtis and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister: Rosemary Hermenitt. A memorial service will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Friday, October 18, 2002 at the Faith United Methodist Church, 503 S Grove (M-43), Delton. Private inurnment Prairieville Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation will be appreciated. WILLIAMS-GORES FUNERAL HOME Delton Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 10/15/2002.