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June 12, 1933 – Aug. 12, 2024 Marilyn Jane Custer was born in Dallas Center, Iowa, in 1933 to Harry Edwin and Hazel Evelyn Taylor. She was the only daughter of this Iowa farm family with four older brothers and one younger. Marilyn graduated from high school in Tucson, Ariz. She attended the University of Arizona, graduating in 1955 with a BS degree in Home Economics. After college, she taught Home Economics for one year in Casa Grande, Ariz., and then was chosen as the state advisor for the Future Homemakers of America.