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Submitted: 10/19/16 • Approved: 10/19/16 • Last Updated: 10/22/16 • R1158305-G1157651-S3
Royal Canadian Navy
US Army
Korea
November 28, 1928 - January 2, 2012
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
BENTONVILLE — Marilyn M. Cotham, 83, of Bentonville, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at her home. She was born Nov. 28, 1928, in Edmonton Alberta, Canada, the daughter of Henrietta McCuaig and her husband, Henry Norris.
She proudly served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later with the United States Army, where she obtained an honorable discharge for her service during the Korean conflict. She was a very loyal and active member of the Catholic Church, especially in Vancouver, Wash., with St. James Catholic Church. She loved spending quality time with her family, was a wonderful cook, and above all, a dedicated and loving mother to her only son.
Outside the 17 years she spent as a homemaker and mother, she was a respected professional and worked in a wide variety of positions including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Customs and the Department of Immigration and Naturalization.
She had lived in the Northwest Arkansas area since 2005 after moving from Vancouver, Wash., and since
coming to Arkansas, she was attending St. Stephen Catholic Church of Bentonville, along with some services at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Rogers.
Preceded in death by parents; and one sister.
Marilyn is survived by one son, Neil Cotham and his wife, Maggie, of Prairie Creek; one brother, Gilford "Gil" Norris of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and one sister, Margie Gallmeister and her husband, Ronnie, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Funeral mass Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Bentonville. Interment will follow at St. Vincent Cemetery in Rogers.
Memorials to the donor's choice of Catholic charity.
Service arrangements by Epting Funeral Home in Bentonville. Online condolences to the family: www.eptingfuneralhome.webs.com.
*Note: this stone is in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Contributed on 10/19/16 by judyfrog
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