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Personal note from Margaret Allen

Friends, thank you for your patience. A shorter version of this obituary will appear in the Dispatch, but has not yet been submitted because the death certificate has not yet been finalized.

I chose this website to post an obituary that I could share sooner, and also share more about the long and wonderful life Mom lived.

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Obituary

Marilyn Rose (Lantz) Allen went to Heaven on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 with her daughter by her side. She was born to Lucy Sylvia Embree Lantz and John Raymond Lantz in Pennsville, OH on April 7, 1936. Survived by her daughter, Margaret Rose (Carlos Hoyt), and her three beloved grandchildren, Ben, Nina and Izzy Hoyt.

She attended Somerset High School in Somerset, OH and graduated in a class of 24 students. Marilyn earned a Bachelor …

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Born

April 7th, 1936
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Passed away

February 6th, 2019
Columbus, OH, USA

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Final resting place

She donated her body to the OU Medical College, and after her service there, she will be cremated.

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