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in a game of Words with Friends or play a rich sonata on the piano, a hobby she took up in her fifties, after having been diagnosed with MS. Whether you called her your friend, y o u r mother , y o u r Nana, or your neighbor, you could guarantee that any time spent with Marilyn would l eave you with a smile on your face and warmth in your heart. She will be truly, and always missed and will serve as an inspiration, an example, and a beacon for those of us who seek to be a better mother, aunt, sister, grandmother, teacher or friend. She just plain knew how to do it, whatever “it” was.

Marilyn is survived by her sister, Barbara (Cloanne) Wundrow; c h i l d r e n , Maur e e n Tabari and husband Cyrus, Richard Covey and wife, Lisa, Marianne Wolf and husband Jon, and Bernadette Kallhoff and husband Joe; as well as eight grandchildren, Carleen, Patrick and Camille Tabari , Rachel a nd Katherine Covey, Abigail, Olivia and Richard Wolf and Anthony Kallhoff and wife Kendra. She also l eaves multiple nieces and nephews.

She is preceded i n death by her husband, Harry Covey; her parents, Carleen and Thomas Phelan; and her sister, Sharon Phelan.

A celebration of Marilyn’s life will be held on Friday, J une 18, 2021, at St. Lucy Parish in Campbell, California, beginning with a rosary at 1:30 followed by a mass at 2:00 with a reception after at Merrill Gardens. Due to Covid we ask that you please RSVP to rlcovey@gmail.com.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to t he National Multiple Sclerosis Society https://mssociety.donordrive.com/cam paign/marilyn-coveyMemorial or to the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary at https://www.snjmusontari o.org/support-us/givenow/ or SNJM P.O. Box 907 Los Gatos, CA 95031