Marilyn Hertzer

Marilyn Jean Hertzer, 87, of Fairland, died on September 21, 2024, in Morristown, Indiana. Marilyn was born on July 26, 1937, to Cecil Everett and Ruby Alice (Rouse) Hargrove. She married Dale Perry Hertzer, her high school sweetheart, in 1955 and they raised a family of four children.

Marilyn was a skilled seamstress who made her children’s clothes and sewed Barbie dresses from the fabric scraps. She spent many weekends camping in a tent at the Ohio River with her family, preparing meals for them on a kerosene camp stove, boating, and fishing. She was proud of her cooking skills and especially enjoyed listening to the lids “pop” after a long day at home canning green beans or making homemade relish. She was an expert at completing the daily crossword and crypto quip puzzles and a formidable foe in a game of Scrabble.

Marilyn worked as the secretary of Triton Middle School for several years. Students relished the chance to work in the bookstore under her direction and she was a generous Santa and mentor for many of them. Marilyn enjoyed spending time with her family boating, fishing, shooting muzzleloaders, staying in her log cabin at Friendship, attending dulcimer festivals, and visiting with her grandchildren. She was a member of Shelbyville Community Church where she participated in many activities, including Seasoned Seniors, Funeral Dinner Ministry, GriefShare, and Bridge to Hope.

In recent years, Marilyn was active in the Senior Citizens at Fairland Horizon Center, where she happily volunteered to collect the lunch money each week. She particularly liked listening to live music, making scrapbook pages, and creating handmade cards at the meetings. She loved Elvis, birds, flowers, vanilla Cokes, anything chocolate, a good sale price on most anything, her Bichon Frisé, Le Chien Toby, and her family.

Marilyn is survived by her children Lynnette Hertzer (Tom) Klinge of Puerto Morelos, Mexico; Cheryl Hertzer of Fairland; Gary (Angie) Hertzer of St. Paul; and Janet Gartrell of Shelbyville; her grandchildren Wafa Amayreh (Jared Link) of San Antonio, Texas and Ibrahim Amayreh (Alysha) of Waxahachie, Texas; great-granddaughter Ollie Link; and brother Richard Hargrove of Indianapolis. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother Earl Hargrove; husband, Perry Hertzer; and son-in-law Dr. Mohammad Amayreh.

Services will be held at Glenn E. George & Son Funeral Home, 437 Amos Road, on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. with Pastor Merry Popplewell officiating. Burial will be in Fairland Cemetery. Friends may call on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 pm until the time of the service, at the funeral home.

A funeral meal will be provided at Shelbyville Community Church immediately following the graveside service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Shelby County Animal Shelter.