Memorial services for Myrtle Marler will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May
17, 2014 in Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, Lecompte with Reverend Joe Bordelon
officiating. Burial will be in Rapides Cemetery, Pineville, under the direction
of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria.
Mrs. Marler, 99, of Alexandria, formerly
of Boyce, passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Lexington House.
During
her working career, Mrs. Marler was a long time employee with Drs. Malcolm
Denley and Robert Culpepper at the Pediatric Clinic.
Mrs. Marler is
preceded in death by her husband, Joseph S. Marler, Sr.; parents, Percy Taylor
and Alice Earnest Haworth; sisters, Mable Haworth Evans and Doris Haworth
Perkins.
Those left to cherish her memory include her sons, Joseph S.
Marler, Jr. and wife, Susan Larson Marler, David Marler and fiancé, Ann Soden
Cross; daughters, Alice Marler Lafaye and Mary Elizabeth Miller; friend, Melou
James, who is like a daughter to Mrs. Marler and like a sister to Mrs. Marler’s
children. Five grandchildren also survive her: Bryan Forbes Lafaye, Joseph S.
Marler III, Nathaniel Robert Marler, James Clinton Marler and Matthew Rosteet
Miller; four great-grandchildren: Brennan Lafaye, Emma Lafaye, Sydney Leigh
Marler and Samuel R. Marler; nephew, Michael Emmett Perkins and wife, Edie and
their wonderful children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Marler’s family would
like to sincerely thank Lexington House and its staff, as well as Guardian
Hospice, for the wonderful care, compassion and love given to Mrs. Marler.
Memorials may be made to either Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, St.
James Episcopal Church or to the Lecompte Garden Club.
(posted on the Hixson Brothers website)
Myrtle was a descendant of Peter Robert & Anne Grimball’s son, Daniel Robert and Daniel’s first wife, Sarah Griffin. Condolences to all the Marler family. We hope to see you in Alexandria at the reunion in June 2015. We'll save our hug 'til then.
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