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Marilyn Rahe Baltzersen. 1943-2016
Beloved wife of the late Henry Baltzersen. Loving mother of Rick (Jen) Baltzersen. Devoted grandmother of Jessica, Max, and Jack. Cherished great-grandmother of Milo. Dear sister of the late Doris Hewitt. Passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at the age of 72. Visitation will be held on July 16, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. until time of memorial service, 11:00 a.m., at the Gwen Mooney Funeral Home, 4389 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223. Interment Spring Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to the American Stroke Association. Sympathy may be expressed at www.springgrove.org.
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Kay LaPrade (Marchioni)
I knew Marilyn since we began at the brand new Shroder junior high school. She was a quiet girl, kind and thoughtful. Her older sister talked all the time. Marilyn had beautiful eyes which showed up better on her senior photo. In winters, we went ice skating with friends at the Cincinnati Gardens, Burnet Woods and at Margie Harper's house.
One time her sister Doris, who drove, dropped the two of us off at the lake in Winton Woods and came back for us about two hours later. Her parents didn't know she didn't stay with us. We felt so grown up being all on our own. We laced up our skates and began skating. When we got a little close to the shore, in the warming weather, the ice emitted loud and long groans. We didn't know why the ice was groaning and thought it was funny. We skated for a couple of hours, with the boundless energy of 14-year olds, not realizing the noise was from melting and cracking ice. How fortunate we were not to have fallen through the ice!