Marilyn L. Bobo, aged 88, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, after a long illness. She was born on May 12, 1931, at Rhinelander, to Russell J. Samz and Priscilla (Fillion) Samz. She graduated from Crandon High School, then trained to become a legal secretary at Spencerian Business School in Milwaukee, before marrying Jack Gibson. They had seven kids, and later divorced. She married Sam (Papa) Bobo in 1970. Because she had so many children and grandchildren, she was known as “Nanny” and Sam was known as ”Papa.”
There were always tons of kids, grandkids, cousins, and friends at Nanny and Papa’s house. Always. Nan and Papa would put on a huge family dinner nearly every single Sunday, with either Papa’s famous fried chicken, a huge ham, or a roast beef and all the trimmings, including Nan’s homemade wild raspberry pie when those were in season. Despite the hordes, they never ran out of food. Nan loved nothing better than to have “all my little kids” swarming around her. Birthdays were always a huge deal, and everyone went to Christmas Eve at Nan and Papa’s, with Nan reading “The Night Before Christmas” to all the kids, ending with the grand finale of Papa’s annual Christmas Eve chimney fire when he put all the wrappings in the fireplace and lit them all at once. Christmas was Nan’s favorite holiday, so much so, that it would not be unusual for you to hear Christmas music coming out of her house in July. She shopped and made presents for everyone all during the year. There was always something very fun (and usually very noisy) going on at Nan’s.
But mostly, her life was full of music. No matter what she was doing, you could always hear her humming or singing a tune to go with it. She excelled at playing the piano from the time she was a very little girl. She played for school programs and civic doings, was the accompanist for high school choir and music contests, in which she sang alto as well. At noon hours at high school, she would rock the Boogie Woogie and Bumble Boogie for her classmates to dance to in their socks in the gym. She remained close over the years with her first cousins, Anita (Wayne) Gibbs (“Aunt Gibby”), and Georgine (Francis) Pivonka “Gigi”, as well as with many lifelong classmates and friends. She gave many, many hours to her church as the church organist at St. Mary’s in Argonne and was very active in the church for many years.
Marilyn was preceded in death by a son, Jim Gibson, a daughter, Carol Susan Kelly, grandson Jimmy Deaton, granddaughter Alyson Gibson, her husband Sam Bobo, her parents, Russell J. Samz and Priscilla Samz, and brother Robert Samz. She is survived by four daughters, Janet (Max) Marvin of Park Falls, Kathryn (Ted) Kalata, Karen (Jim) Deaton, both of Argonne, and Mary (Mike Keith) Gibson, of Excelsior Minnesota, and son, Jerry (Beth) Gibson, of Argonne. Grandchildren Max Marvin, Jr., Sam (Amy) Marvin, Jason (Jacqueline) Marvin, Andrea (Chris) Houston, Christina Kalata, Candy Kalata, Carla (Pekka) Ruuskannen, Ted Kalata, Jr., Mark (Erika) Deaton, Jodi (Steve) Verhey, Nikki (Ryan) Schultz, John (Ann) Van Toll, Joe Brey, and David (Dawn) Heikkila and Rachael (Carl) Lassi. She is further survived by nineteen great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; sister-in-law Mary Samz; niece Lynn (Craig) Flannery, nephew Mark Samz; also special friends Julie Deaton and Cami Deaton.
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There were always tons of kids, grandkids, cousins, and friends at Nanny and Papa’s house. Always. Nan and Papa would put on a huge family dinner nearly every single Sunday, with either Papa’s famous fried chicken, a huge ham, or a roast beef and all the trimmings, including Nan’s homemade wild raspberry pie when those were in season. Despite the hordes, they never ran out of food. Nan loved nothing better than to have “all my little kids” swarming around her. Birthdays were always a huge deal, and everyone went to Christmas Eve at Nan and Papa’s, with Nan reading “The Night Before Christmas” to all the kids, ending with the grand finale of Papa’s annual Christmas Eve chimney fire when he put all the wrappings in the fireplace and lit them all at once. Christmas was Nan’s favorite holiday, so much so, that it would not be unusual for you to hear Christmas music coming out of her house in July. She shopped and made presents for everyone all during the year. There was always something very fun (and usually very noisy) going on at Nan’s.
But mostly, her life was full of music. No matter what she was doing, you could always hear her humming or singing a tune to go with it. She excelled at playing the piano from the time she was a very little girl. She played for school programs and civic doings, was the accompanist for high school choir and music contests, in which she sang alto as well. At noon hours at high school, she would rock the Boogie Woogie and Bumble Boogie for her classmates to dance to in their socks in the gym. She remained close over the years with her first cousins, Anita (Wayne) Gibbs (“Aunt Gibby”), and Georgine (Francis) Pivonka “Gigi”, as well as with many lifelong classmates and friends. She gave many, many hours to her church as the church organist at St. Mary’s in Argonne and was very active in the church for many years.
Marilyn was preceded in death by a son, Jim Gibson, a daughter, Carol Susan Kelly, grandson Jimmy Deaton, granddaughter Alyson Gibson, her husband Sam Bobo, her parents, Russell J. Samz and Priscilla Samz, and brother Robert Samz. She is survived by four daughters, Janet (Max) Marvin of Park Falls, Kathryn (Ted) Kalata, Karen (Jim) Deaton, both of Argonne, and Mary (Mike Keith) Gibson, of Excelsior Minnesota, and son, Jerry (Beth) Gibson, of Argonne. Grandchildren Max Marvin, Jr., Sam (Amy) Marvin, Jason (Jacqueline) Marvin, Andrea (Chris) Houston, Christina Kalata, Candy Kalata, Carla (Pekka) Ruuskannen, Ted Kalata, Jr., Mark (Erika) Deaton, Jodi (Steve) Verhey, Nikki (Ryan) Schultz, John (Ann) Van Toll, Joe Brey, and David (Dawn) Heikkila and Rachael (Carl) Lassi. She is further survived by nineteen great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; sister-in-law Mary Samz; niece Lynn (Craig) Flannery, nephew Mark Samz; also special friends Julie Deaton and Cami Deaton.
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Marilyn L. Bobo, aged 88, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, after a long illness. She was born on May 12, 1931, at Rhinelander, to Russell J. Samz and Priscilla (Fillion) Samz. She graduated from Crandon High School, then trained to become a legal secretary at Spencerian Business School in Milwaukee, before marrying Jack Gibson. They had seven kids, and later divorced. She married Sam (Papa) Bobo in 1970. Because she had so many children and grandchildren, she was known as “Nanny” and Sam was known as ”Papa.”
There were always tons of kids, grandkids, cousins, and friends at Nanny and Papa’s house. Always. Nan and Papa would put on a huge family dinner nearly every single Sunday, with either Papa’s famous fried chicken, a huge ham, or a roast beef and all the trimmings, including Nan’s homemade wild raspberry pie when those were in season. Despite the hordes, they never ran out of food. Nan loved nothing better than to have “all my little kids” swarming around her. Birthdays were always a huge deal, and everyone went to Christmas Eve at Nan and Papa’s, with Nan reading “The Night Before Christmas” to all the kids, ending with the grand finale of Papa’s annual Christmas Eve chimney fire when he put all the wrappings in the fireplace and lit them all at once. Christmas was Nan’s favorite holiday, so much so, that it would not be unusual for you to hear Christmas music coming out of her house in July. She shopped and made presents for everyone all during the year. There was always something very fun (and usually very noisy) going on at Nan’s.
But mostly, her life was full of music. No matter what she was doing, you could always hear her humming or singing a tune to go with it. She excelled at playing the piano from the time she was a very little girl. She played for school programs and civic doings, was the accompanist for high school choir and music contests, in which she sang alto as well. At noon hours at high school, she would rock the Boogie Woogie and Bumble Boogie for her classmates to dance to in their socks in the gym. She remained close over the years with her first cousins, Anita (Wayne) Gibbs (“Aunt Gibby”), and Georgine (Francis) Pivonka “Gigi”, as well as with many lifelong classmates and friends. She gave many, many hours to her church as the church organist at St. Mary’s in Argonne and was very active in the church for many years.
Marilyn was preceded in death by a son, Jim Gibson, a daughter, Carol Susan Kelly, grandson Jimmy Deaton, granddaughter Alyson Gibson, her husband Sam Bobo, her parents, Russell J. Samz and Priscilla Samz, and brother Robert Samz. She is survived by four daughters, Janet (Max) Marvin of Park Falls, Kathryn (Ted) Kalata, Karen (Jim) Deaton, both of Argonne, and Mary (Mike Keith) Gibson, of Excelsior Minnesota, and son, Jerry (Beth) Gibson, of Argonne. Grandchildren Max Marvin, Jr., Sam (Amy) Marvin, Jason (Jacqueline) Marvin, Andrea (Chris) Houston, Christina Kalata, Candy Kalata, Carla (Pekka) Ruuskannen, Ted Kalata, Jr., Mark (Erika) Deaton, Jodi (Steve) Verhey, Nikki (Ryan) Schultz, John (Ann) Van Toll, Joe Brey, and David (Dawn) Heikkila and Rachael (Carl) Lassi. She is further survived by nineteen great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; sister-in-law Mary Samz; niece Lynn (Craig) Flannery, nephew Mark Samz; also special friends Julie Deaton and Cami Deaton.
www.weberhillfuneralhome.com
There were always tons of kids, grandkids, cousins, and friends at Nanny and Papa’s house. Always. Nan and Papa would put on a huge family dinner nearly every single Sunday, with either Papa’s famous fried chicken, a huge ham, or a roast beef and all the trimmings, including Nan’s homemade wild raspberry pie when those were in season. Despite the hordes, they never ran out of food. Nan loved nothing better than to have “all my little kids” swarming around her. Birthdays were always a huge deal, and everyone went to Christmas Eve at Nan and Papa’s, with Nan reading “The Night Before Christmas” to all the kids, ending with the grand finale of Papa’s annual Christmas Eve chimney fire when he put all the wrappings in the fireplace and lit them all at once. Christmas was Nan’s favorite holiday, so much so, that it would not be unusual for you to hear Christmas music coming out of her house in July. She shopped and made presents for everyone all during the year. There was always something very fun (and usually very noisy) going on at Nan’s.
But mostly, her life was full of music. No matter what she was doing, you could always hear her humming or singing a tune to go with it. She excelled at playing the piano from the time she was a very little girl. She played for school programs and civic doings, was the accompanist for high school choir and music contests, in which she sang alto as well. At noon hours at high school, she would rock the Boogie Woogie and Bumble Boogie for her classmates to dance to in their socks in the gym. She remained close over the years with her first cousins, Anita (Wayne) Gibbs (“Aunt Gibby”), and Georgine (Francis) Pivonka “Gigi”, as well as with many lifelong classmates and friends. She gave many, many hours to her church as the church organist at St. Mary’s in Argonne and was very active in the church for many years.
Marilyn was preceded in death by a son, Jim Gibson, a daughter, Carol Susan Kelly, grandson Jimmy Deaton, granddaughter Alyson Gibson, her husband Sam Bobo, her parents, Russell J. Samz and Priscilla Samz, and brother Robert Samz. She is survived by four daughters, Janet (Max) Marvin of Park Falls, Kathryn (Ted) Kalata, Karen (Jim) Deaton, both of Argonne, and Mary (Mike Keith) Gibson, of Excelsior Minnesota, and son, Jerry (Beth) Gibson, of Argonne. Grandchildren Max Marvin, Jr., Sam (Amy) Marvin, Jason (Jacqueline) Marvin, Andrea (Chris) Houston, Christina Kalata, Candy Kalata, Carla (Pekka) Ruuskannen, Ted Kalata, Jr., Mark (Erika) Deaton, Jodi (Steve) Verhey, Nikki (Ryan) Schultz, John (Ann) Van Toll, Joe Brey, and David (Dawn) Heikkila and Rachael (Carl) Lassi. She is further survived by nineteen great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; sister-in-law Mary Samz; niece Lynn (Craig) Flannery, nephew Mark Samz; also special friends Julie Deaton and Cami Deaton.
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