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Marian Kregel Bailey

Birth
Garnavillo, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death
20 Jan 2009 (aged 93)
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Bailey, Marian Kregel Glacier Hills, Ann Arbor, MI
Marian Kregel Bailey died on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, from complications of amyotro-phic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was born on February 17, 1915, in Garnavillo, Iowa, to Amelia and Alvin Kregel. She attended local schools through high school, and during her childhood was confined for one year due to rheumatic fever. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in music and voice from Grinnell College in 1936 and performed and taught vocal music after her graduation. In 1939 she married Reeve Maclaren Bailey, an ichthyologist and naturalist. In 1944 they moved to Ann Arbor, where Reeve was appointed Curator of Fishes in the Museum of Zo- ology at the University of Michigan. Employed for ten years in the University of Michigan Department of Art History, Marian participated in the distribution of slides and photographs of the holdings of the National Palace Museum of the Republic of China. She was also active in the U of M Faculty Women's Club and spent many years on the volunteer board of the university hospitals. She served as secretary of the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club and was a member of the boards of the Perry Nursery School and the U of M Museum of Art Volunteers. Marian was fascinated with travel. Most summers included camping and fish-collecting trips with her husband and four children, which ranged over all fifty states and much of Canada. Later she set foot-alone, with family members, or in organized groups-on every continent except Antarctica. Her explorations took her to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, China, Southeast Asia, southern South America, Australia, and New Zealand. In a memoir written during her final months, she observed, "The world is full of monuments built by the living in their hope of being remembered. I have seen many of them and the ruins thereof." Survivors include her husband, Reeve; sons Douglas M., 66, of Arlington, MA (Julia), David R., 64, of Honolulu (Bari Ellen), and Thomas G., 62, of Dexter; daughter Susan H., 59, of Key West (Richard Buck-heim); grandchildren Sarah L. Trainor, John Buckheim, and Tyler Buckheim; great-grandson Alexander Mac- laren Trainor; and nieces Fay Wahls and Maxine Gray. No service is planned. The family requests that memorial contributions be sent to the Motor Neuron Disease Fund, Department of Neurology, 1500 East Medical Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Bailey, Marian Kregel Glacier Hills, Ann Arbor, MI
Marian Kregel Bailey died on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, from complications of amyotro-phic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was born on February 17, 1915, in Garnavillo, Iowa, to Amelia and Alvin Kregel. She attended local schools through high school, and during her childhood was confined for one year due to rheumatic fever. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in music and voice from Grinnell College in 1936 and performed and taught vocal music after her graduation. In 1939 she married Reeve Maclaren Bailey, an ichthyologist and naturalist. In 1944 they moved to Ann Arbor, where Reeve was appointed Curator of Fishes in the Museum of Zo- ology at the University of Michigan. Employed for ten years in the University of Michigan Department of Art History, Marian participated in the distribution of slides and photographs of the holdings of the National Palace Museum of the Republic of China. She was also active in the U of M Faculty Women's Club and spent many years on the volunteer board of the university hospitals. She served as secretary of the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club and was a member of the boards of the Perry Nursery School and the U of M Museum of Art Volunteers. Marian was fascinated with travel. Most summers included camping and fish-collecting trips with her husband and four children, which ranged over all fifty states and much of Canada. Later she set foot-alone, with family members, or in organized groups-on every continent except Antarctica. Her explorations took her to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, China, Southeast Asia, southern South America, Australia, and New Zealand. In a memoir written during her final months, she observed, "The world is full of monuments built by the living in their hope of being remembered. I have seen many of them and the ruins thereof." Survivors include her husband, Reeve; sons Douglas M., 66, of Arlington, MA (Julia), David R., 64, of Honolulu (Bari Ellen), and Thomas G., 62, of Dexter; daughter Susan H., 59, of Key West (Richard Buck-heim); grandchildren Sarah L. Trainor, John Buckheim, and Tyler Buckheim; great-grandson Alexander Mac- laren Trainor; and nieces Fay Wahls and Maxine Gray. No service is planned. The family requests that memorial contributions be sent to the Motor Neuron Disease Fund, Department of Neurology, 1500 East Medical Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.


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