Marylyn Kay (Koger) Wilcox born on September 30, 1942, in Maryville, Missouri, passed away on March 26, 2025. Marylyn was the first-born child to Beulah and Verlin Koger (both deceased) and wife of John H. Wilcox, Jr. (deceased) of Tarkio, Missouri.

Marylyn was raised on a farm in Northwest Missouri. She graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1963 with a degree in elementary education and married shortly thereafter. She was a devoted mother to three children prior to beginning her teaching career in 1976. She retired in 2000 after teaching 2^nd grade for 24 years. She was very active in the communities where she resided throughout her life. She was a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority while she attended university and joined Xi Eta Nu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi when the family moved to Tarkio in 1972. She was a member of United Methodist Women’s organization, taught bible and Sunday school and served on Pastor-Parish Relations Committee. In 1994, she was presented with a Life Membership pin in the United Methodist Women’s Society.  In retirement, she was a “meals on wheels” volunteer and coordinator, served as secretary to Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) club and participated in many other civic and social clubs. She was an avid seamstress and enjoyed many creative hobbies in her spare time.

Marylyn’s passion was educating children, reading to them and teaching them to read. She was awarded the 2006 Citizen of the Year by the Tarkio Community Betterment organization for her volunteer work through her affiliation with the Mule Barn Theater “Friends of the Library” committee to fund and build the Tarkio Resource Center. After the building was completed and the Resource Center was established, she served as a scheduling coordinator.

Marylyn was preceded in death by parents, Beulah and Verlin Koger, sister, Judy (Koger) Haynes, brother-in law, Lonnie R. Haynes, her husband, John H. Wilcox, Jr. and son, Jamie Wilcox, father-in-law, John Wilcox, Sr., mother-in-law, Harriet (Lundgren) Wilcox and cousin, Suzanne Sawyers. She is survived by daughters, Johnna Wilcox MD, Jerri Wilcox, granddaughter Tessa Keeney, nephew, Kevin Haynes, niece Heidi (Haynes) Peroni, Danny Peroni, Jake Peroni, Greyson Peroni, Cousin, Robert Sawyers and many other cousins, nieces and nephews.

Memorial Graveside Service and Inurnment: 11:00 A.M., Thursday, May 22, 2025, Home Cemetery, Tarkio.

The family will receive friends following the service at the Tarkio Resource Center.

Memorials: Tarkio Resource Center.

Arrangements: Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio.

www.minterfuneralchapels.com