Marilyn Moody

Marilyn J. Moody, 79, of Mars died Friday afternoon at UPMC Passavant Hospital in Cranberry Township.

Born in Butler on Jan. 8, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Mona Haun Shermer.

Marilyn had been the co-owner and secretary and treasurer of the family business, M.R. Moody Sales and Service in Mars.

She was a member of the Valencia Presbyterian Church. In her younger years, she taught Sunday School and had been a Cub Scout leader and den mother. She enjoyed shopping, painting and crafting, reading and had a passion for cooking. She also did Silver Sneakers at Penn-Mar Plaza.

Surviving are her husband, Monte R. Moody, who she married on Aug. 11, 1956; her two daughters, Barbara Smith and Jody Kennedy, both of Mars; her four sons, Bruce Moody of Saxonburg, William Moody and his wife, Julie, of Mars, Montgomery Moody of Zelienople and Scott Moody and his wife, Monique, of Sarver; her 10 grandchildren; her six great-grandchildren; and her sister, Norma McCarthy of Duluth, Minn.

MOODY — The friends of Marilyn J. Moody, who died Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, will be received at the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, 238 Crowe Ave., Mars, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. The services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mt. Chestnut.Directions and condolences are available at www.mcdonald-aeberli.com.