Marilyn Lonsbury Drake

Marilyn Lonsbury Drake of Lanham, MD passed away on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at Doctor's Community Hospital following surgery. For 56 years, she was the beloved wife of Earle Drake, who survives her, as do her children Steven Drake and Susan Bell, daughter-in-law Jane Redicker, son-in-law John Bell, and granddaughters Emily Bell, Abigail Bell, and Katherine Drake, all of the Washington, DC area.

Marilyn was born in Des Moines, IA and later moved with her family to Minneapolis, MN. She attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, where she earned a B.A. degree and sang with the world-renowned St. Olaf Choir. She married Earle and moved with him to the Washington, DC area in 1958, where she taught English and Spanish in the Montgomery County, MD school system before having her children. In later years she enjoyed gatherings with family members and friends near and far, and being an involved and loving grandmother to her three granddaughters.

Family will receive friends for a visitation and viewing on Thursday, October 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. at Robert E. Evans Funeral Home, 16000 Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD, where a Funeral Service will be held the following day, Friday, October 17 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the

American Heart Association

in Marilyn's memory.

Online tributes may be sent to the family at

www.RobertEvansFuneralHome.com