Palestine High School Alumni Association

Marilyn Keeling 1949

03 / 02 / 1933  –  02 / 11 / 2004

Services for Marilyn Landers, 70, of Tyler will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Burks-Walker-Tippit Funeral Home with the Rev. Tom Rousseau officiating. Burial will follow at Tyler Memorial Park.

Mrs. Landers died Wednesday at a Hospice facility in Tyler.

She was born March 2, 1933, in Tennessee Colony.

Mrs. Landers lived in Palestine prior to moving to Tyler seven years ago. She was a member of First Christian Church of Palestine. She was employed with East Texas Diagnostic Clinic as a secretary.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Guy William and Mary Lucile Dupuy Keeling.

Mrs. Landers is survived by sons, Hunter Dietz of Arlington and Bryan Dietz of Irving; daughters, Denise Starcher of Irving, Jan Landers of Colorado and Gina Dean of Tyler; brother, Guy Keeling of Dallas; sister, Carol Carson of Tyler; five grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers will be Jared Starcher, John Dietz, Andrew Dietz, Paul Dean and Sarah Dean.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.

If desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 02-26-2004