Marilyn K. Stephenson, 88, of Butler, Pennsylvania, passed away on August 20, 2021, at the Butler Memorial Hospital.
She was born November 18, 1932, in Butler, Pennsylvania to the late Harold W. Campbell and the late M. Katharine Kuhn.
From age 8, when Marilyn started taking piano lessons, her life was full of music. She accompanied the grade school orchestra and many other groups when in high school. There she also became familiar with the organ by taking lessons at Butler High School. She was a member of the Stephen Foster Junior Music Club and Tuesday Musical Club of Butler. As a member of the Pennsylvania Federation of Music Clubs, she was assigned to represent that body on the VAVS committee at the Butler VA Medical Center. She participated with other music club members in providing entertainment for the veterans there. In 1969, she began working with chaplaincy programs one of the organists for the Sunday Services at the Center. She faithfully played in the Alzheimer’s Unit at the VA weekly for many years, as well. She acted as organist in various churches, with Thompson Miller, and over the years, she accompanied numerous soloists and groups in the Butler Area.
Marilyn was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Butler Chapter 45 (Past Matron), Order of Rainbow for Girls (Grand Cross of Color), United Commercial Travelers of America (Officer – Local and State Levels, Past Grand Counselor).
Marilyn will be deeply missed and cherished by her daughter, Paula Baptiste Floyd (Carl), with whom she made her home over the past four years, her grandchildren Nicholas S. Baptiste, Fontine M. Pedersen (Karl), Logan M. Floyd, and her beautiful great-granddaughter, Rakel. Her legacy of faith, love and devotion to family and friends, and gift of music live on through them.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene F. Stephenson, who she married on June 26, 1954, and who passed on May 12, 1999, and an infant son.
Friends will be received Sunday, August 22, 2021, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm and 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Thompson – Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street Butler, PA.
Butler Chapter 45 Order of Eastern Star will conduct ritualistic service at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street, Butler, PA 16001.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, August 23, 2021, 1:00 pm at the Christ Community United Methodist Church, 205 N Duffy Road Butler, PA, with Pastor Anette Gerber, officiating.
Burial will take place in the Concord Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Christ Community United Methodist Church – Fund for Maintenance of Musical Instruments, 205 N. Duffy Rd., Butler, PA 16001.
Online condolences can be given at www.thompson-miller.com.