MARILYN JEAN RYAN BROWN, BORN 09/11/1931 ON CHICAGO’S SOUTHSIDE TO THEODORE & BERNICE RYAN (ne MORAN). DIED 08/01/2021 IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM COPD. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON STEVEN RYAN BROWN(1975) AND SIBLINGS JIM RYAN AND BETH REELY. WIDOWER TO CAPT MELVIN J. BROWN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER REMAINING CHILDREN KAREN AND LARRY(CYNTHIA) BROWN. GRANDMOTHER TO STEPHANIE, JULIANNE & JAKE SHOTWELL, AS WELL AS RYAN & RACHEL BROWN. A GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO OLIVIA & CLAIRE. MARILYN WAS A CARING AUNT TO SO MANY. MARILYN RAISED HER FAMILY IN DETROIT, BUFFALO, SCOTTSDALE AND BIRMINGHAM, MI AND AFTER HER HUSBAND PASSED SHE SETTLED ON CHICAGOS’S NORTHSIDE LAKE FRONT. SHE MADE MANY LIFELONG FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. MARILYN WILL BE LAID TO REST NEXT TO HER SON AT WHITE CHAPEL MEMORIAL CEMETERY IN TROY, MI. AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL FOLLOW ONCE THAT DATE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY CORDIALLY INVITES DONATIONS TO ST. JUDES CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL. Stjude.org/donate