OBITUARY
MARILYN M. BELL, 83 DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES ON MARCH 1, 2023 AT ANTELOPE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER. SHE WAS BORN JULY 03,1939 IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. THE DAUGHTER OF LAURENCE C. AND MARGUERITE M. GEORGE. MARILYN GRADUATED FROM BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1955, WHERE SHE WAS ALSO ON THE CHEERING SQUAD, AS WELL. SHE ATTENDED DILLARD UNIVERSITY IN 1959, THEN TO UNIVERSITY OF DOMINGUEZ HILLS, WHERE SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GERONTOLOGY. SHE WORKED IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AS A NURSE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEN WENT ON TO WORK FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AS A FRAUD INVESTIGATOR UNTIL SHE REACHED RETIREMENT. DEVOTED A LOT OF HOURS OF SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS FOR SACRED HEART CHURCH AS A EUCHARISTIC BEREAVMENT MINISTER.
MARILYN LOVED TO SKI, BOWL, PLAY TENNIS, CAMP, GOLF, WALK, AND GO TO THE GYM. SHE WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE RED HATS SOCIAL GROUP. MARILYN TOOK PRIDE IN HER GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SUCH AS HER TRAVELS ALL AROUND THE WORLD VISITING NINETY-THREE COUNTRIES UNDER HER BELT OF EXPERIENCES.
SHE WAS MARRIED TO EDDIE E BELL SR. A TRUCK DRIVER ON JANUARY 31,1959 IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY SETTLED DOWN AND HAD THEIR TWO CHILDREN EDDIE JR. AND NATASHA.
MARILYN WAS PREDECEASED BY LAURENCE C. AND MARGUERITE M GEORGE, EDDIE E BELL SR. NATASHA C. AND HENRY RAINER, SHIRESTIN S STANCE, NORMAN SANTA CRUZ, PAUL BARBARIN SR. WILLIAM BELL SR AND JR, JOYCE BELL, WILL O. BELL, ELDRIGE BELL, REGGIE BELL, CLIFFORD BELL, AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS.
THE SURVIVORS IN ADDITION TO SON EDDIE JR, AND HIS WIFE KAREN A. BELL, GRANDSONS BRANDON, BRENT, CARLTON, AND SON-IN-LAW RENE, GRANDDAUGHTERS, DOMINQUE, NIA, AJA, REANNA, AND REYEL RAINER. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, LORD JOSEPH PRICE, ALEXANDER PANIAGUA, CHI, AND TRENELL TAYLOR.
VIEWING: 03/23/23 @ 6:30 pm HALLEY OLSEN CHAPEL OF THE VALLEY MORTUARY 38141 6th ST. EAST, PALMDALE CA 93550*
MASS SERVICE: 03/24/23 @ 12:00 pm SACRED HEART CHURCH 565 KETTERING ST., LANCASTER CA 93534
BURIAL: GOOD SHEPHERD CEMETERY 43121 70th ST. W, LANCASTER CA 93536 @ 2:00 pm
PALLBEARERS: ANTHONY BARBARIN, KEVIN BARBARIN, CEDRIC BELL, BRENT BELL, GREG SANTA CRUZ, KEMIC SANTA CRUZ.
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