Marion Lorraine Titus, 84, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Kalispell of metastatic breast cancer.
Marion was born on Aug. 12, 1928, in Chicago, where she graduated from high school. She then attended the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in home economics (child development).
She married Ross Titus in 1952, in Urbana, Ill. They were married for 61 years.
Marion worked at the University of Illinois library, the National Security Agency in Washington, D.C., as an elementary teacher in Warsaw, Poland, and at the public library in Bethesda, Md.
Marion enjoyed fencing while living in Budapest, Hungary, and in Maryland, and horseback riding in Hungary.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Ann Chandler; and a sister, Shirley Westfall.
Marion is survived by her husband, Ross Titus, of Bigfork; sister, Carol Leone, of Indiana; brother, Robert Chandler, of Reed Point, Mont.; and brother, Donald Chandler, of Kerryville, Texas.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
Buffalo Hill Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for the family.
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Marion was born on Aug. 12, 1928, in Chicago, where she graduated from high school. She then attended the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in home economics (child development).
She married Ross Titus in 1952, in Urbana, Ill. They were married for 61 years.
Marion worked at the University of Illinois library, the National Security Agency in Washington, D.C., as an elementary teacher in Warsaw, Poland, and at the public library in Bethesda, Md.
Marion enjoyed fencing while living in Budapest, Hungary, and in Maryland, and horseback riding in Hungary.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Ann Chandler; and a sister, Shirley Westfall.
Marion is survived by her husband, Ross Titus, of Bigfork; sister, Carol Leone, of Indiana; brother, Robert Chandler, of Reed Point, Mont.; and brother, Donald Chandler, of Kerryville, Texas.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, at C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
Buffalo Hill Funeral Home and Crematory is caring for the family.