Marian M. (Kroeger) Gilmore, a long-time resident of Bryn Mawr and Newtown Square passed away at the age of 101 on January 8, 2022.
She was born in Duquesne.
Marian graduated from Duquesne High School in 1938.
In her youth, she worked for the family's printing shop, earning the nickname "the Gem," in part due to her proficiency on the Linotype machine.
Marian married her childhood sweetheart Tom while he was on leave from World War II. After their honeymoon in New York City, Tom was shipped overseas to the European Front.
She worked during the war in an office of US Steel. After the war, she settled into the role of Homemaker. The family moved from Duquesne to Uniontown to Strafford to Allentown before settling in Bryn Mawr.
Marian worked for years as a volunteer at Lankenau Hospital's Hamper Shop and enjoyed her final decade at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square.
She was an independent force for good with a vibrant and active spirit, even thinking about taking up swimming again within a month of her passing.
For decades, Marian baked, individually wrapped, and sent her homemade cookies from the Bryn Mawr Post Office to her son's Boston University Biology Lab. These weekly mailings were her contribution to science.
Far into her eighties, she did her part for global care by cleaning her neighborhood of trash on daily two-mile walks between her home and John Neumann Church. At that same church, her meatloaves were essential for the prepared dinners for retired nuns.
Until Marian was 90, she loved walks in every season on the blustery beach at North Wildwood.
When she stopped driving at 93, she focused more on people and activities at Dunwoody Village where she took daily walks (nurses would tally the laps), attended exercise classes, visited with friends . . . and painting.
After two decades of sending Christmas cards featuring her husband's original art, Marian began using her own work on cards in 2019. Her "Winter Cardinal" was so effective that many mistook it for Hallmark.
The postal service was her ally. She remembered important dates of friends and family with cards, notes, and newspaper enclosures. At 100, she could cite birthdays, addresses, and phone numbers with uncanny accuracy. Her insistence on personal, handwritten thank you notes lives on in her great-grandchildren.
Not surprisingly, Marian also had a multitude of friends, with a knack for developing fast and close friendships. In the 1960's, Duke Ellington became a close friend, based on a single brief meeting at a restaurant.
Throughout her long life, she lived on her own terms. She designed the route and routine of her choosing. Her life was uncluttered, purposeful, and always forward looking. She believed that the best was yet to come. We believe that's true for her today.
Marian is survived by her daughter: Linda Banks; her son: Thomas Gilmore; her granddaughters: Nadine Banks and Christine Dorn (husband Chad); her great- granddaughters: Avery and Zoe Dorn; her nieces and nephew; and, two generations beyond them.
Mauger Givnish Funeral Home, Malvern
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Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:30 AM.
WIFE OF GILMORE, THOMAS H
1LT US ARMY
She was born in Duquesne.
Marian graduated from Duquesne High School in 1938.
In her youth, she worked for the family's printing shop, earning the nickname "the Gem," in part due to her proficiency on the Linotype machine.
Marian married her childhood sweetheart Tom while he was on leave from World War II. After their honeymoon in New York City, Tom was shipped overseas to the European Front.
She worked during the war in an office of US Steel. After the war, she settled into the role of Homemaker. The family moved from Duquesne to Uniontown to Strafford to Allentown before settling in Bryn Mawr.
Marian worked for years as a volunteer at Lankenau Hospital's Hamper Shop and enjoyed her final decade at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square.
She was an independent force for good with a vibrant and active spirit, even thinking about taking up swimming again within a month of her passing.
For decades, Marian baked, individually wrapped, and sent her homemade cookies from the Bryn Mawr Post Office to her son's Boston University Biology Lab. These weekly mailings were her contribution to science.
Far into her eighties, she did her part for global care by cleaning her neighborhood of trash on daily two-mile walks between her home and John Neumann Church. At that same church, her meatloaves were essential for the prepared dinners for retired nuns.
Until Marian was 90, she loved walks in every season on the blustery beach at North Wildwood.
When she stopped driving at 93, she focused more on people and activities at Dunwoody Village where she took daily walks (nurses would tally the laps), attended exercise classes, visited with friends . . . and painting.
After two decades of sending Christmas cards featuring her husband's original art, Marian began using her own work on cards in 2019. Her "Winter Cardinal" was so effective that many mistook it for Hallmark.
The postal service was her ally. She remembered important dates of friends and family with cards, notes, and newspaper enclosures. At 100, she could cite birthdays, addresses, and phone numbers with uncanny accuracy. Her insistence on personal, handwritten thank you notes lives on in her great-grandchildren.
Not surprisingly, Marian also had a multitude of friends, with a knack for developing fast and close friendships. In the 1960's, Duke Ellington became a close friend, based on a single brief meeting at a restaurant.
Throughout her long life, she lived on her own terms. She designed the route and routine of her choosing. Her life was uncluttered, purposeful, and always forward looking. She believed that the best was yet to come. We believe that's true for her today.
Marian is survived by her daughter: Linda Banks; her son: Thomas Gilmore; her granddaughters: Nadine Banks and Christine Dorn (husband Chad); her great- granddaughters: Avery and Zoe Dorn; her nieces and nephew; and, two generations beyond them.
Mauger Givnish Funeral Home, Malvern
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Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:30 AM.
WIFE OF GILMORE, THOMAS H
1LT US ARMY
Marian M. (Kroeger) Gilmore, a long-time resident of Bryn Mawr and Newtown Square passed away at the age of 101 on January 8, 2022.
She was born in Duquesne.
Marian graduated from Duquesne High School in 1938.
In her youth, she worked for the family's printing shop, earning the nickname "the Gem," in part due to her proficiency on the Linotype machine.
Marian married her childhood sweetheart Tom while he was on leave from World War II. After their honeymoon in New York City, Tom was shipped overseas to the European Front.
She worked during the war in an office of US Steel. After the war, she settled into the role of Homemaker. The family moved from Duquesne to Uniontown to Strafford to Allentown before settling in Bryn Mawr.
Marian worked for years as a volunteer at Lankenau Hospital's Hamper Shop and enjoyed her final decade at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square.
She was an independent force for good with a vibrant and active spirit, even thinking about taking up swimming again within a month of her passing.
For decades, Marian baked, individually wrapped, and sent her homemade cookies from the Bryn Mawr Post Office to her son's Boston University Biology Lab. These weekly mailings were her contribution to science.
Far into her eighties, she did her part for global care by cleaning her neighborhood of trash on daily two-mile walks between her home and John Neumann Church. At that same church, her meatloaves were essential for the prepared dinners for retired nuns.
Until Marian was 90, she loved walks in every season on the blustery beach at North Wildwood.
When she stopped driving at 93, she focused more on people and activities at Dunwoody Village where she took daily walks (nurses would tally the laps), attended exercise classes, visited with friends . . . and painting.
After two decades of sending Christmas cards featuring her husband's original art, Marian began using her own work on cards in 2019. Her "Winter Cardinal" was so effective that many mistook it for Hallmark.
The postal service was her ally. She remembered important dates of friends and family with cards, notes, and newspaper enclosures. At 100, she could cite birthdays, addresses, and phone numbers with uncanny accuracy. Her insistence on personal, handwritten thank you notes lives on in her great-grandchildren.
Not surprisingly, Marian also had a multitude of friends, with a knack for developing fast and close friendships. In the 1960's, Duke Ellington became a close friend, based on a single brief meeting at a restaurant.
Throughout her long life, she lived on her own terms. She designed the route and routine of her choosing. Her life was uncluttered, purposeful, and always forward looking. She believed that the best was yet to come. We believe that's true for her today.
Marian is survived by her daughter: Linda Banks; her son: Thomas Gilmore; her granddaughters: Nadine Banks and Christine Dorn (husband Chad); her great- granddaughters: Avery and Zoe Dorn; her nieces and nephew; and, two generations beyond them.
Mauger Givnish Funeral Home, Malvern
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:30 AM.
WIFE OF GILMORE, THOMAS H
1LT US ARMY
She was born in Duquesne.
Marian graduated from Duquesne High School in 1938.
In her youth, she worked for the family's printing shop, earning the nickname "the Gem," in part due to her proficiency on the Linotype machine.
Marian married her childhood sweetheart Tom while he was on leave from World War II. After their honeymoon in New York City, Tom was shipped overseas to the European Front.
She worked during the war in an office of US Steel. After the war, she settled into the role of Homemaker. The family moved from Duquesne to Uniontown to Strafford to Allentown before settling in Bryn Mawr.
Marian worked for years as a volunteer at Lankenau Hospital's Hamper Shop and enjoyed her final decade at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square.
She was an independent force for good with a vibrant and active spirit, even thinking about taking up swimming again within a month of her passing.
For decades, Marian baked, individually wrapped, and sent her homemade cookies from the Bryn Mawr Post Office to her son's Boston University Biology Lab. These weekly mailings were her contribution to science.
Far into her eighties, she did her part for global care by cleaning her neighborhood of trash on daily two-mile walks between her home and John Neumann Church. At that same church, her meatloaves were essential for the prepared dinners for retired nuns.
Until Marian was 90, she loved walks in every season on the blustery beach at North Wildwood.
When she stopped driving at 93, she focused more on people and activities at Dunwoody Village where she took daily walks (nurses would tally the laps), attended exercise classes, visited with friends . . . and painting.
After two decades of sending Christmas cards featuring her husband's original art, Marian began using her own work on cards in 2019. Her "Winter Cardinal" was so effective that many mistook it for Hallmark.
The postal service was her ally. She remembered important dates of friends and family with cards, notes, and newspaper enclosures. At 100, she could cite birthdays, addresses, and phone numbers with uncanny accuracy. Her insistence on personal, handwritten thank you notes lives on in her great-grandchildren.
Not surprisingly, Marian also had a multitude of friends, with a knack for developing fast and close friendships. In the 1960's, Duke Ellington became a close friend, based on a single brief meeting at a restaurant.
Throughout her long life, she lived on her own terms. She designed the route and routine of her choosing. Her life was uncluttered, purposeful, and always forward looking. She believed that the best was yet to come. We believe that's true for her today.
Marian is survived by her daughter: Linda Banks; her son: Thomas Gilmore; her granddaughters: Nadine Banks and Christine Dorn (husband Chad); her great- granddaughters: Avery and Zoe Dorn; her nieces and nephew; and, two generations beyond them.
Mauger Givnish Funeral Home, Malvern
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 11:30 AM.
WIFE OF GILMORE, THOMAS H
1LT US ARMY
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