Marilyn A. Harkins

Marilyn was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma on January 24, 1936 to J. Bart and Marjory McNemer Aldridge. Wewoka is the Capital of the Seminole Nation, and Marilyn was a proud member of the tribe. After graduating from Wewoka High School, Marilyn attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. She later transferred to the University of Oklahoma, pledged Pi Beta Phi Sorority and became a lifelong Sooner fan. While at OU, she met Richard E. Harkins whom she married in 1958. They settled in Kansas City, Missouri and raised three children. Marilyn was actively involved with KC Anthenaeum, PEO, Bridge Club, OU and Pi Phi Alumni activities, and traveled extensively with her late husband.

Marilyn left this world on April 16, 2014. She is preceded in death by her husband, son Scott and daughter Melanie. She is survived by a son Christopher Harkins, grandchildren Alisha Harkins, Nathan Harkins, Jeremy Harkins and Alex Rutz, all of the greater Kansas City area. Additional survivors include one niece and two nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to The University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., 100 Timberdell Road, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-0685 or The Seminole Nation Museum, 524 S. Wewoka (P. O. Box 1532), Wewoka, Oklahoma 74884-1532.

A funeral service followed by burial will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 25 at Mount Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service.

Arrangements under the direction of Mount Moriah & Freeman Funeral Home, Kansas City, MO.