Marilyn K. Doty Brown

Marilyn K. Doty Brown, 82, of Mingo, died Monday, May 16, 2016, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 20 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 305 E. Howard St. in Colfax. The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials in Marilyn’s name may be left at the church at the time of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home please add, Attn: Brown Family on the envelope.

Those left to cherish Marilyn’s memory are her husband, Bill of Mingo; children, Ed (Rita) Doty of Altoona, Jody (John) Maher of Newton, Randy Doty of Mingo, Rhonda (John) Milligan of Mingo and Kenneth Charles “KC” Doty of Hawaii; step-children, Dennis (Donna) Pittman of Des Moines and Diana (Mike) Cliffton of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; her 12 grandchildren, Chris (Holly), Tiffany (Rusty), Robbie (Jamie), Mandy (Justin), Lindsey (Josh), Dana (Neal), Landon (Melissa), Ryan (Brandi) Chad (Kalen), Dane, Mica (Austin) and Lance; her three step-grandchildren, Brian (Sue), Stephanie (Michael) and Courtney; and 23 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Kenneth in 2008; son, Bob Doty in 2012; and eight brothers and sisters.