Marilyn Marcille DeVries

Marilyn Marcille DeVries

July 24, 1931 - Jan. 21, 2015

YUMA, Ariz. -- Marilyn Marcille DeVries, 83, formerly of Cambridge, Nebraska, died Wednesday, (Jan. 21, 2015), at her home in Yuma.

She was born in Cambridge, Nebraska, on July 24, 1931, to Wayne and L. Fern Johnson.

She attended Arapahoe Public Schools and graduated from Arapahoe High School in 1949. The following school year, she taught in a rural school south of Arapahoe. She married John Wayne DeVries on May 12, 1954. In 1967, she received a bachelor of arts in education degree from Kearney State College, where she also did her graduate work. She taught many years in McCook, Bartley, Oxford, Arapahoe and Cambridge. She and her husband moved to Mexico in 1996, where they worked in mission work until 2010. They were members of Oasis of Hope Church in Mazatlan, Mexico.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne; daughter, Shelly Marcille; and her parents, Wayne and Fern Johnson.

Survivors include her childen, Rick and wife, Dixie DeVries of Laramie, Wyoming, Steve DeVries of Laramie, Wyoming, Brian and wife, Kris DeVries of Gordon, Nebraska, Mari Lyn and husband, John Poppert of St. Paul, Nebraska; two grandchildren, and four step-grandchildren.

Funeral services are Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Arapahoe, Nebraska, with the Rev. Becky Saddler officiating. Interment will be at the Arapahoe Cemetery.

Viewing and visitation is Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, from 9 a.m. to until 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church at Arapahoe.

Memorials may be given to the funeral home that will used for an educational scholarship in her memory.

Condolences or personal reflections may be left at wenburgfuneralhome.com.

Wenburg Funeral Home of Arapahoe is in charge of the arrangements.