On the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, Marilyn M. Bowles Trueblood passed away at the Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho from complications related to Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Marilyn was 85 years old.
Marilyn Mildred Casselberry was born Feb. 26, 1928, on the family farm near Shelby, Nebraska, in the same house, room, and bed in which her father was born. She was the first child of Lynn William and Marie Ethel Whitney Casselberry.
Marilyn graduated Arkansas City High School in 1946. Two years later she married Carl L. Killingsworth and began raising a family in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In 1963, Marilyn moved with her children to the Ponca City, Oklahoma area, where she attended business school and began a career at Conoco.
Having previously worked as a freelance commercial artist, including painting for Hallmark cards, she applied her art skills to the work of corporate graphic arts for 12 years.
While working at Conoco she met and married Tennis Bowles who preceded her in death in 1987. They lived in Ponca City until retiring to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1976.
Marilyn lived her dream of devoting her life to art and painting, for over 30 years in Bonners Ferry and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She found endless inspiration in the mountains, lakes and natural beauty of the Northwest, and a welcoming arts community of fellow painters and supportive gallery owners.
Her nature and wildlife art won many awards, having participated in as many as 12 juried invitational shows per year. Her artwork was on display in galleries in six states. She was a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America.
In 1990 Marilyn married Donald E. Trueblood, who succumbed to cancer in 2001.
Marilyn Mildred Casselberry was born Feb. 26, 1928, on the family farm near Shelby, Nebraska, in the same house, room, and bed in which her father was born. She was the first child of Lynn William and Marie Ethel Whitney Casselberry.
Marilyn graduated Arkansas City High School in 1946. Two years later she married Carl L. Killingsworth and began raising a family in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In 1963, Marilyn moved with her children to the Ponca City, Oklahoma area, where she attended business school and began a career at Conoco.
Having previously worked as a freelance commercial artist, including painting for Hallmark cards, she applied her art skills to the work of corporate graphic arts for 12 years.
While working at Conoco she met and married Tennis Bowles who preceded her in death in 1987. They lived in Ponca City until retiring to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1976.
Marilyn lived her dream of devoting her life to art and painting, for over 30 years in Bonners Ferry and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She found endless inspiration in the mountains, lakes and natural beauty of the Northwest, and a welcoming arts community of fellow painters and supportive gallery owners.
Her nature and wildlife art won many awards, having participated in as many as 12 juried invitational shows per year. Her artwork was on display in galleries in six states. She was a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America.
In 1990 Marilyn married Donald E. Trueblood, who succumbed to cancer in 2001.
On the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, Marilyn M. Bowles Trueblood passed away at the Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho from complications related to Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Marilyn was 85 years old.
Marilyn Mildred Casselberry was born Feb. 26, 1928, on the family farm near Shelby, Nebraska, in the same house, room, and bed in which her father was born. She was the first child of Lynn William and Marie Ethel Whitney Casselberry.
Marilyn graduated Arkansas City High School in 1946. Two years later she married Carl L. Killingsworth and began raising a family in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In 1963, Marilyn moved with her children to the Ponca City, Oklahoma area, where she attended business school and began a career at Conoco.
Having previously worked as a freelance commercial artist, including painting for Hallmark cards, she applied her art skills to the work of corporate graphic arts for 12 years.
While working at Conoco she met and married Tennis Bowles who preceded her in death in 1987. They lived in Ponca City until retiring to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1976.
Marilyn lived her dream of devoting her life to art and painting, for over 30 years in Bonners Ferry and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She found endless inspiration in the mountains, lakes and natural beauty of the Northwest, and a welcoming arts community of fellow painters and supportive gallery owners.
Her nature and wildlife art won many awards, having participated in as many as 12 juried invitational shows per year. Her artwork was on display in galleries in six states. She was a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America.
In 1990 Marilyn married Donald E. Trueblood, who succumbed to cancer in 2001.
Marilyn Mildred Casselberry was born Feb. 26, 1928, on the family farm near Shelby, Nebraska, in the same house, room, and bed in which her father was born. She was the first child of Lynn William and Marie Ethel Whitney Casselberry.
Marilyn graduated Arkansas City High School in 1946. Two years later she married Carl L. Killingsworth and began raising a family in Coffeyville, Kansas.
In 1963, Marilyn moved with her children to the Ponca City, Oklahoma area, where she attended business school and began a career at Conoco.
Having previously worked as a freelance commercial artist, including painting for Hallmark cards, she applied her art skills to the work of corporate graphic arts for 12 years.
While working at Conoco she met and married Tennis Bowles who preceded her in death in 1987. They lived in Ponca City until retiring to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1976.
Marilyn lived her dream of devoting her life to art and painting, for over 30 years in Bonners Ferry and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. She found endless inspiration in the mountains, lakes and natural beauty of the Northwest, and a welcoming arts community of fellow painters and supportive gallery owners.
Her nature and wildlife art won many awards, having participated in as many as 12 juried invitational shows per year. Her artwork was on display in galleries in six states. She was a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America.
In 1990 Marilyn married Donald E. Trueblood, who succumbed to cancer in 2001.
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