Marilyn Joyce Erling, 90, formerly of Princeton, Iowa, passed away peacefully at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. Services to celebrate her life will be Friday, July 12, 2024 at 10 am at The Runge Mortuary. Visitation will be one hour prior to her service, at the mortuary. Her final resting place will be in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may go to Empowering Abilities (HDC) or Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House. Online condolences may be left at www.rungemortuary.com.
Marilyn was born in Davenport on September 29, 1933. She was the daughter of George and Anna V. (Rhoades) Beuse. She married the love of her life, August “Augie” Erling on November 18, 1953 in Princeton, IA. He passed away on October 17, 2014.
She worked as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Edmund H. Carroll law firm and worked as a tax accountant as well. She volunteered for many years at the Genesis East Hospital’s gift shop. The couple lived along the Mississippi for 51 years. They also enjoyed their cabin on Woman Lake in Minnesota. She was a former member of the Rebekah Lodge of LeClaire. She enjoyed playing cards, especially euchre and poker with her high school friends and at Garner Farms.
Those left to honor her memory include her “adopted son,” Bill (Debra) Brownson, Bettendorf; nieces and nephews: Dana (Lori) Biles, Eldridge, IA; Jon (Teresa) Biles, Princeton, IA and Joan (Gerald) Kundert, LeClaire.
Along with her parents and husband, Marilyn was preceded in death by a sister, Gladys Biles, great nephew Jerold Kundert and step-father, Don Schmidt.
