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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Shaw, Marilyn Kay Pretzer
Marilyn Kay Shaw, 56, of
Arkansas City, died Feb. 13,
2003, at the Via Christi
Medical Center - St. Joseph's
Campus in Wichita.
Memorial services were held
Feb. 18, 2003, at the First
United Methodist Church in
Arkansas City with the
Reverend Lance Carrithes officiating. Private family interment followed in the Parker
Cemetery. Cremation had
taken place.
Marilyn Kay Pretzer was
born April 19, 1946, in Kansas
City, Mo., the daughter of
William Earl and Florence
Louise Fishburn Pretzer. She
graduated from Elmdale High
School in 1964 and later from
Cowley County Community
College, School of Cosmetology.
She worked for 10 years at
Sandy's Beauty Shop in
Arkansas City, and had been
currently employed with USD
470, where she had been a
school bus driver for 24 years.
On Feb. 27, 1965, she mar-
ried James Thomas Shaw in
Elmdale. The couple made
their home in Arkansas City.
She was an active member
of the First United Methodist
Church of Arkansas City
where she was the director and
member of the Bell Choir,
Adult Choir, the Alter Guild,
and pianist for both the early
morning and morning services.
She was a member of the
Alpha Delta Master Sorority of
Beta Sigma Phi. She was a
longtime volunteer coach for
the Arkansas City Recreation
Center and an avid supporter
of all Arkansas City High
School sports programs.
Survivors include her husband Tom of the home; two
sons, Jeff and Brian both of
Arkansas City; two daughters
Jennifer Luis of Newkirk,
Okla., Jacinda Kinzie of
Manhattan; one brother
William Terry Pretzer of
Strong City; one sister Diana
Oborny of Paola; and 11 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her parents.
The family suggests memo-
rials either to the First United
Methodist Church Adult Choir
and Bell Choir or the Arkansas
City All Sports Booster Club.
Contributions may be made
through the Rindt-Erdman
Funeral Home of Arkansas
City. Online condolences may
be made at www.rindt-erdman.com.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Feb20, 2003
by Lorna Marvin
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