Submitted by: Dan Rich

Marilyn S. Brehmer

Feb. 23, 1927 - Aug. 3, 1999

South Bend Tribune 8/6/1999

Marilyn (Sunderlin) Brehmer, 72, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 3, in her home. Marilyn was born on Feb. 23, 1927, in South Bend, Ind., to J. Harold and Marian (Clark) Sunderlin. She was preceded in death by her parents; and by her brother, J. Harold Sunderlin, Jr. She graduated salutatorian from John Adams High School in 1944. Marilyn graduated from Gulf Park Junior College in Long Beach, Miss. She then attended Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University. On May 5, 1956, she married Jack Brehmer of South Bend. Marilyn is survived by her husband; her children, Kim MacKenzie of South Bend, Marnie (Clayton) Taylor of Oklahoma City, Okla., John (Belinda) Brehmer of Littleton, Colo., and Marilyn (Chris) Dolle of Cincinnati, Ohio; her grandchildren, Tara MacKenzie, Clay and Clark Taylor, and Elise and Christopher Dolle; and by her sister, Sally (Jack) Wilhelm of Mishawaka. Marilyn was a member of the South Bend Junior League, the Memorial Hospital Women's Auxiliary, and was co-founder of the Notre Dame Blue Line Club. She participated in the South Bend Bridge Center.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today, Aug. 6, in the Hickey Funeral Home, 17131 Cleveland Road. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, also at the Hickey Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery on the Notre Dame campus. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.