Marilyn Joan Palmer Lloyd, 93, of Prairieburg, passed away at the Guttenberg Care Center on Monday, January 15, 2024. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 Saturday, February 3, 2024 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Prairieburg with interment in the St. Joseph Cemetery.  Friends may call after 9:00 Saturday at the church.  Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com . Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello has taken Marilyn and her family into their care.

Marilyn was born at the Willows Maternity Sanitarium outside of Kansas City, MO., on October 29, 1930, to Imogene Johnson of Excelsior Springs, MO.  She was adopted by Chester and Ethel Miller, Palmer of Marysville, KS., 10 days after her birth.  Marylin spent her childhood growing up in Coon Rapids, IA.  Later she moved with her family to Olin, IA., where she attended high school and graduated in 1948.

Marilyn married Edward Glen Lloyd of Hale, IA., June 7, 1948.  They farmed near Wyoming, IA., and later moved south of Prairieburg in 1957 to farm and raise their 4 children.  Marilyn was a member of the United Church of Christ in Central City where she taught Sunday school for many years.  She was also a member of the Hills Mills Home Makers Club, Central City Historical Society and the Merry Widows Red Hat group from Anamosa.  As she raised her family, Marilyn was a 4-H leader, softball coach, and homemaker.  In 1979 Marilyn joined St. Joseph Catholic Church in Prairieburg.

Throughout Marilyn's life she worked at Rockwell Collins in Anamosa and Cedar Rapids.   Before retiring she worked at City State Bank in Central City where she helped with many civic activities and volunteering in the rural communities.

Marilyn instilled her passion for history and knowing our roots in her children, which led to the discovery of her birth family from Missouri in 2017. Marilyn's story would later be part of a documentary created by investigative journalist Collen Bradford Krantz.  The documentary is available on Amazon Prime.   With this discovery Marilyn learned of her half-sister, Carolyn Rankin McClure of Chillicothe, MO., and a surviving aunt Dana who was a sister to her birth mother.

Surviving are her children, Ken (Sandy) Lloyd, Cheryl Loyd Ryan, Karen Lloyd, 4 grandchildren, Kristina (Eric) Walton, Michael (Abbey) Lawrence, Sean (Shelly) Sperfslage, Scot (Holly)  Sperfslage and 6 great-grandchildren Cecilia, Andrew, Abel Sperfslage, Logan and Raeya Walton, Lucy Lawrence, Tyler Ryan. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Edward, her birth mother, Imogene Johnson McClure, her daughter, Denise Lawrence, son-in-laws, Claret Lawrence and Doug Ryan and grandson John Lawrence.

Marilyn made sure that all her children and grandchildren, could play poker, shoot a firearm, and know Jesus.  Her passion for living your best life, history, hard work and being and Irish Democrat, will be greatly missed.