Marilyn past away peacefully on 06/23/2020. A recurring theme in her story is one of love: love for her parents, her husband, her siblings, her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren. There is love in every chapter. A particularly hard chapter is the loss of her daughter Sandy and son Dean but she powered through with love. Love for Randy and Jose; Jennifer, James, Avery, Asher and Ryan, Alicia, Brayden, Austyn. She shared her love throughout her life by keeping in touch with family and friends through telephone calls, cards and letters, rarely missing a birthday or anniversary. Marilyn excitedly embraced technology in recent years with an iphone, a computer and social media. She found new joy in the instant window to a wider world in texting, emailing and Facebook. It was difficult with her diminishing eyesight but that would not stop her. She was also an avid audiobook listener. So, just as she knew all good stories had love and happy endings, she also knew that all happy endings must end. She liked to review books on Facebook and always enjoyed suggestions of new books to try. We rate her life story a "10+". Her last 20 years on dialysis were marked with moments of great joy and great sorrow. Still, she strove to be a source of love, joy, and warmth for all those she touched. Today, however, we choose to focus on the love, because that is all we feel when we think of Marilyn. We will miss her dearly.

Born 1938 in St. Rose, IL to Ed & Martha (Netemeyer) Horstmann. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, John Holtkamp; son Randall and Jose Lopez of Dallas; granddaughter Jennifer (Eagleburger) and James Schmittling, great grandsons Avery and Asher; grandson Ryan Eagleburger and Alicia (Hashagen), great grandsons, Brayden and Austyn; also 3 brothers Tom (Nancy), Rich (Lana) Bernie (Ann) Horstmann, brother-in-law George Clemens, sister-in-laws Norma Meyer and Iliana Holtkamp and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceded in death by daughter Sandra (Eagleburger) in 2009 and son Dean 2017; also her parents, two sisters Jeanette Clemens & Phyllis Horstmann; one brother Terry Horstmann; 2 nephews Scott Horstmann & Craig Clemens; and in-laws including John & Catherine (Markus) Holtkamp; Robert & Dorothy Holtkamp, Paul Holtkamp, Louis Holtkamp, Bill & Edna Davis, Irv Meyer.

She wanted to thank all of the Fresenius dialysis staff & nephrologists for being so kind and supportive of her and Dean through all the ups and downs associated with being renal patients. The family thanks the Elfindale Retirement community.

Private family service. Internment at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery columbarium. Condolences https://www.gormanscharpf.com