Marilyn S. Klingaman

1933 ~ 2024

Marilyn Shanks Klingaman, 91, caring wife, mother and grandmother, died peacefully on May 24, 2024, in Carmel, Indiana.

Marilyn was born in 1933 to Paul and Sylvia Shanks in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She spent her childhood there along with her brother, Charlie. She was a graduate of DePauw University and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She met her husband, Tom, on a blind date in 1953 through mutual DePauw-Wabash friends; friendships that lasted throughout their life. They were married for 64 years until his death in 2018.