Marilyn
Marilyn Post Edwards
Marilyn Post Edwards, of Forest, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2010, after a long illness. She was the wife of James Harvey Edwards.
Mrs. Edwards was born January 3, 1936, in Mineola, New York, a daughter of the late Frederick Garfield Post and the late Florence Helen Yates Post. Marilyn was a professionally trained dancer. In her younger years, she was a long-running New York State champion roller skater, and went on to win three medals as U.S. champion in Amateur Roller Skating, an achievement which won her recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records. She worked in her home state of New York as a paralegal for 27 years before relocating with her husband James to Virginia. She established and grew a successful commercial janitorial business which has been serving Central Virginia for over 20 years.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, Robin Lein, Michelle Stalzer and her husband Frank, and Charles Lein and his wife Jessica; a brother, Robert Post and his wife Helen, and a granddaughter, Jillian Lein.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, James Lein, and a grandson, Ryan Lein.
She will be greatly missed by her family and friends as well as the extended community of Jehovah\"™s Witnesses.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah\"™s Witnesses on Wiggington Road.
In lieu of flowers, baskets, and other gifts, contributions may be sent in memory of Marilyn to Watchtower, 319 Wiggington Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502.
Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434-237-9424.
Mrs. Edwards was born January 3, 1936, in Mineola, New York, a daughter of the late Frederick Garfield Post and the late Florence Helen Yates Post. Marilyn was a professionally trained dancer. In her younger years, she was a long-running New York State champion roller skater, and went on to win three medals as U.S. champion in Amateur Roller Skating, an achievement which won her recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records. She worked in her home state of New York as a paralegal for 27 years before relocating with her husband James to Virginia. She established and grew a successful commercial janitorial business which has been serving Central Virginia for over 20 years.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, Robin Lein, Michelle Stalzer and her husband Frank, and Charles Lein and his wife Jessica; a brother, Robert Post and his wife Helen, and a granddaughter, Jillian Lein.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, James Lein, and a grandson, Ryan Lein.
She will be greatly missed by her family and friends as well as the extended community of Jehovah\"™s Witnesses.
A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah\"™s Witnesses on Wiggington Road.
In lieu of flowers, baskets, and other gifts, contributions may be sent in memory of Marilyn to Watchtower, 319 Wiggington Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502.
Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family, 434-237-9424.
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