Marilyn P. Mutchler

Marilyn P. Mutchler of Bremerton, WA passed away in her sleep in Ferndale on July 23. She was under hospice care at the home of her son. She was 91.Marilyn was born May 7, 1931 in Harvey, ND and graduated from Moorehead High School, earned the Bachelor of Science Degree from Moorehead State Teaching College, and completed her Master’s Degree in education from Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill) where she was Phi Beta Kappa. Marilyn had a long and distinguished career as an elementary school teacher in Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Washington. She retired after three decades of teaching in the Silverdale and Bremerton school districts. The majority of those years were in the kindergarten classroom where she taught two classes of 30 children daily.

Marilyn is preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Thomas and Lois Gotschall (McBride); her brother William Gotschall (Judy); her first husband, Lt. Raymond Henry Palon, Jr.  (who died in a 1953 Air Force crash near Lutsen, MN); her second husband, Dr. Ralph D. Mutchler; and her youngest son Christopher T. Mutchler. 

Marilyn is survived by her daughter Lyndee Lapin of Port Angeles, WA (Dr. Allen Lapin), Rev. Jonathan R. Mutchler of Ferndale (Diane Lofall), Gregory Mutchler of Seabeck, WA;  brother Robert Gotschall of Alpharetta, GA, and daughter-in-law Christine Mutchler (Olson)

Marilyn has 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. At her request, no public service will be held.