Marilyn Lee Scrichfield

Marilyn Lee Scrichfield passed away on 11-10-15 at the age of 79 at hospice of lung cancer. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend to many.

Marilyn was born on October 19, 1936, in a home in North Bend, Washington, to Mick and Dora Schroeder. She graduated from Mount Si High School in 1954. She was very active in school being a member of the honor society, a cheerleader, on the tumbling team, and winning a tennis championship.

Marilyn married Harry Scrichfield in October of 1954 and they were happily married for 53 years before he passed away in 2008. During the first part of their marriage they lived in the King County area where their three children were born: Tom, Teri and Matt. They moved to Cowlitz County in 1968. Marilyn was very involved in the school activities of her children, serving as the treasurer for the PTA and she was a Cub Scout and Camp Fire leader. Marilyn and Harry enjoyed going to casinos, dancing, and traveling together.

Marilyn also served as a board member for Habitat for Humanity and the Junior Buddy Program. She belonged to a birthday club beginning in 1968 where several close friends met regularly for over 45 years. Marilyn and some friends also started their own ‘Golden Girls’ club about 10 years ago that meet on a monthly basis and have taken some trips together.

Marilyn was a floral designer for 10 years working in local floral shops and did the flowers for many family members’ weddings. Then she operated her own plant maintenance business in Portland for 6 years and finally worked for the Community Action Program for 10 years before retiring.

Besides her love of decorating, crafting, painting, reading and gambling, in the last several years Marilyn spent her time checking off items on her bucket list. She flew on a glider, float plane and helicopter.

She also learned how to drive a dune buggy, swam with the dolphins and cruised to the Panama Canal, Alaska and the Caribbean. She also enjoyed many trips to Hawaii and Georgia as well as to Chile with her brother’s Rotary Club. The only thing left on her bucket list that she regretted not having time to do was zip lining.

She is survived by her southern gentleman friend, Larry Fallin; her sister Elsie (Tom) Larson; brother Bill (Sue) Schroeder; two sisters-in-law Hulda Julio and Betty Honodel; daughter Teri (Rob) Nielsen; son Matt (Lauri) Scrichfield; daughter-in-law Jeannie Scrichfield; 13 grandchildren: Ryan (Tonya) Scrichfield, Kelly (Sara) Scrichfield, Natalie (John) Sutton, Mark (Jessica) Scrichfield, Nate (Jessica) Nielsen, Tyler Scrichfield, Kyle Scrichfield, Chance Waits, Misty Woodrum, Hillary Reid, Sam Reid, Joey (Lisa) Reid, Shane (Jaime) Keith; 16 great grandchildren, Cameron, Sadie, Kaitlyn, Parker, Brady, Pepper and Sawyer Scrichfield; Chloe, Emily and Tommy Sutton, Caroline Nielsen, Landon and Jaxson Rivenes, David Reid, and Grace and Vivienne Keith.Marilyn is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews and many special close friends.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband, Harry, her son, Tom and her parents Mick and Dora Schroeder.

A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Shekinah Christian Center, 1015 3rd Ave., Long View, WA.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Ben’s Fund which benefits autistic children in the State of Washington. To donate go through PayPal: www.featwa.org/support-us/. Donators can email Julie.shalaby@featwa.org to let her know the donation is in Marilyn’s name or donations can be made to Longview Hospice.