In Memory
Marilyn Jean Almquist McCarty
- Birth
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Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 19 May 1999 (aged 65)
McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Burial
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McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
Marilyn was born in Holdrege, Nebraska to Ernest J and Pearl E (Glandon) Almquist.
She attended school in Ragan, for a couple of years before the family moved to McCook, Nebraska. She graduated from McCook High School in 1951. On October 26, 1952, she married Larry Melvin McCarty in Omaha. Together they made their home in McCook and to this union four children were born. Marilyn was a homemaker and worked in the family businesses. She was a member of Evangelical Free Church and P.E.O. Chapter GY.
Marilyn wrote the following a couple years prior to her death: "My Life's Purpose My brother Jim & Sis Karen always told me - that doing & living for others was what I did best. And I guess it's so - The fulfillment, the happiness & the feeling of completeness that comes from doing & helping others is all the reward I need. I suppose I got this from my Dad for he always said "I'm only going to go through this world once, therefore if there is some good that I can do, let me do it now for I will not pass this way again". He also said we should leave the world a better place to live. I embrace all this & add that I hope that my life will be remembered for the good I did and the happiness I brought to others in love. As I have lived my life first in my first family, I tried always to do for my Mom & Dad, to be someone for them. My sister & brothers I enjoyed doing for & being someone to my Aunts & Grandmothers. I've been there for friends - others first always. Then came a husband & four children - they came first, all my love & care went into helping them become what they've become. I didn't do it alone; the Lord gets the credit. I was not perfect - I'm still not - but my dream is that when the setting sun sets upon my days, my God in Heaven will say, "you've done good".
My purpose then will always remain to press on toward the higher mark, helping others in whatever way I can, thus making a difference for the better in the lives of those I loved."
Kathy Drain (Almquist) (1962)
Marilyn passed away on 19 May 1999. This was her obituary:Marilyn J. McCarty departed this life on Wednesday (May 19, 1999) at her home in McCook. She was born on August 11, 1933, in Holdrege, to Ernest J. and Pearl E
(Glandon) Almquist. She graduated from McCook High School in 1951. On October 26, 1952, she married Larry M. McCarty in Omaha. They made their home in McCook where she was a homemaker and worked in the family businesses. She was a member of Evangelical Free Church and P.E.O. Chapter GY.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ernest; and sister, Karen Alexandre.
Survivors include her husband, Larry McCarty of McCook; one daughter, Kimbra Miller of North Platte; three sons, Christopher McCarty and wife, Leeann, David McCarty and wife, Angela, and Todd McCarty all of McCook; her mother, Pearl Almquist of McCook; two brothers, Jim Almquist and wife, Marie, of Denver, CO, and Jon Almquist and wife Kathy of Sierra Vista, AZ; 11 grandchildren, Kyle, Kurt and Kristen Miller, Tyler and Jenni McCarty, and Andrew, Amanda, Nathan, Matthew, Laura, and Joseph McCarty.
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Evangelical Free Church with Pastor Bruce Lester officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation is today until 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Sunday from 1 - 9 p.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home.
Memorials are being accepted in her name and will be designated to an Educational Scholarship Fund.
Carpenter Breland Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.