Marylene Freshley-Lee

Marylene Freshley-Lee's soul passed from this earth on the morning of May 19, 2012 from natural causes. Marylene was born on August 23, 1917, to the parents of Della & Andrew A. Smith in Lynnville, Indiana. She graduated from the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, Evansville, Indiana, as a Registered Nurse. She was one of eight children and preceded in death by all except for a half sister, Lois Martin of Bloomington, IN. Additionally, Marylene was preceded in death by her first husband, John Garland Freshley in 1986 and second husband, Robert W. Lee in 2002. She is survived by her third husband, George Womble of Prescott. The family moved to Phoenix, AZ, in 1956, where she and John acquired a business selling health foods, health equipment and hearing aids. Over time, they discontinued all products except for hearing aids and audiology equipment. With the single focus on hearing equipment, they changed the name of the business to John Freshley & Associates. In 1984 they sold the business. At that time they were the oldest hearing aid dispenser, 28 years, in Arizona. Marylene was always a leader wherever an opportunity arose from being a church choir director, a PTA President, and involved with organizations allied to her industry, such as the National Federation of Independent Business, State and National Hearing Aid Societies. Marylene and John were instrumental in the establishment of State certification/licensing of hearing aid dispensers. In 1988 she retired from the position of Executive Director of the Board for Certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences. She also served many years on the Beatitudes Senior Living Campus Auxilliary while a resident of the Beatitudes. In 2008 she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Education Scholarship Endowment of Yavapai County, after she moved to Las Fuentes Resort Village, Prescott, AZ, in 2007. Her natural survivors include three sons; Frederick, Richard, and John II (Cindy), six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. A private interment will be held at Greenwood Memory Lawn in Phoenix. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 25, 1:30 PM at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 5105 N. 7th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85013. In lieu of flowers, the family ask for donations be made to Connecting Generations - San Luis Ministries, 1535 E. Meadow Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85022.