Marilyn McDaniel Landry
Marilyn McDaniel Landry concluded 94 years as an educator, artist, wife and mother with her death on Nov. 30, 2024, in Sun City Center, FL.
Her life began in Denver, CO, on Aug. 9, 1930, a daughter of the late Beulah Grizzell and Napoleon Bonaparte Parmly. In 1951, she married James Edgerton McDaniel, now deceased, and became a homemaker and mother of five children. She then obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Education at Eastern Michigan University and a Master's Degree in Education from Clarion State College.
She became a fifth grade science teacher at Hickory Grove Elementary School in Brookville, PA, where she served until retirement. She then lived in Middlesex, NJ, and in Florida. At her residence at Freedom Plaza in Sun City Center, she had been a former president of the educational scholarship foundation and of the garden club.
She loved cooking, creating acrylic paintings and pastel art, and growing flowers and vegetables.
Survivors include her daughters, Maryellen Bonavita, Melora McNutt, Martha Slaughter, Jennifer McDaniel and Claire Orner; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Catherine Johnson, and by former spouses, Edward Gazi, Joseph Cilecek and Edward Landry.
In accordance with Marilyn's wishes, funeral arrangements are private. A celebration of Marilyn's life will be held in the spring. Memorial donations can be made to the Freedom Plaza Scholarship Fund, 1010 American Eagle Boulevard, Sun City Center, FL 33573.
Her life began in Denver, CO, on Aug. 9, 1930, a daughter of the late Beulah Grizzell and Napoleon Bonaparte Parmly. In 1951, she married James Edgerton McDaniel, now deceased, and became a homemaker and mother of five children. She then obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Education at Eastern Michigan University and a Master's Degree in Education from Clarion State College.
She became a fifth grade science teacher at Hickory Grove Elementary School in Brookville, PA, where she served until retirement. She then lived in Middlesex, NJ, and in Florida. At her residence at Freedom Plaza in Sun City Center, she had been a former president of the educational scholarship foundation and of the garden club.
She loved cooking, creating acrylic paintings and pastel art, and growing flowers and vegetables.
Survivors include her daughters, Maryellen Bonavita, Melora McNutt, Martha Slaughter, Jennifer McDaniel and Claire Orner; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Catherine Johnson, and by former spouses, Edward Gazi, Joseph Cilecek and Edward Landry.
In accordance with Marilyn's wishes, funeral arrangements are private. A celebration of Marilyn's life will be held in the spring. Memorial donations can be made to the Freedom Plaza Scholarship Fund, 1010 American Eagle Boulevard, Sun City Center, FL 33573.