Phillipsburg resident Marilyn J. Whitsitt passed away Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 at the Phillips County Hospital in Phillipsburg, KS at the age of 83.

She was born August 21, 1931, the daughter of Herman & Elizabeth Wolters.  Her first husband, Ted Allen, preceded her in death on Aug. 5, 1991.

Survivors include her husband, Virgil Whitsitt, of Phillipsburg; son, Randy Allen of Smith Center, KS; daughters, Regina Godinez of Phillipsburg and Roxanne Bartlett of Colwich, KS; stepdaughters, Lois Blakemore of Grand Island, NE and Peggy Dayton of Dayton, OR; sisters, Wauneta Schemper of Norton, KS; Hazel Jansonius of Prairie View, KS; Dolores Walcott of Albuquerque, NM; and Rose Erickson of Phillipsburg; 7 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren, and 1 step great-grandchild.

Cremation was chosen.  A memorial service will be held Monday, December 15, at 1:00 p.m. in the United Methodist Church, Phillipsburg, with Rev. Gary Davison officiating.  Inurnment will follow in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Logan, Kansas.

Friends may sign the book on Sunday, Dec. 14, from noon – 9 p.m. at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel in Phillipsburg.

Contributions in her memory may be given to the Phillips County Hospital Hospice Room or the Johnson Cancer Research Center. Online condolences to www.olliffboeve.com.

Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements.