Marilyn Mildred Northcott

On Monday, August 18, 2014 God summoned Marilyn M. Northcott to her heavenly home. She was born on May 23, 1929 to Walt and Stella Siems in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Her education began in a one room schoolhouse in Graceton, MN. Her family then moved to Williams, MN when she was in the fourth grade. She graduated from H. S. in 1946 and attended Stephens College for Women in Columbia, Missouri. She was accepted into the honor society—Alpha Pi Epsilon and graduated in 1948.

She worked in her father’s bank for a year before moving to Oakland, CA. She and another Stephens classmate shared an apartment—Marilyn got a job as a savings department teller in a large bank in Oakland—was promoted to a commercial teller and finally the head teller before be coming a stewardess for American Airlines for 1 ½ years. She was domiciled in Fort Worth, TX, then San Francisco, then in Los Angeles, CA.

She married Jack Moore in Nov 1953—they had a daughter, Debra, on December 28, 1954. They were divorced 2 years later and Marilyn returned to Oakland and worked in the same bank as before—only this time as one of the bank’s own examiners—that would conduct “surprise” audits on the various departments within the bank plus many companies outside the bank.

She was then hired by American Airlines as a sales rep in the city ticket office of Oakland. That was when she met Jack Northcott, who was a navy pilot and as Marilyn always said—he was her “dashing naval aviator”. They were married in the Naches Presbyterian church on February 16, 1957. They lived in Boise, Idaho because Jack left the navy and began flying commercially for West Coast airlines. They moved to Renton, WA in 1963, then to Bellevue in—they then bought a ranch in Cowiche, WA in 1980 and lived there for 28 years before moving into Englewood Heights Senior Living Village on August 31, 2008.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband Jack Northcott.

Marilyn is survived by her brother Robert Siems of Bemidji, MN; daughter Debbie (Steve) Dyk of Dallas, TX; Granddaughter Carrie Cavanaugh and great grandchildren Job, Anna, and Paul, all of Houston, TX; grandson Dave (Heidi) Dyk and great-grandchildren Jonah and Esther, all of Gresham, OR.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Joni and Friends in Marilyn’s name, care of Keith & Keith Funeral Home, 902 W. Yakima Avenue, Yakima, WA 98902.

A memorial service will be held at Naches Presbyterian Church at 11:30 am on Friday, August 22, 2014 with an inurnment to follow at West Hills Memorial Park.

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Arrangements under the direction of Keith & Keith Funeral Home, Yakima, WA.