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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Marion Slattery Tyler
Marion Slattery
Tyler
Apr 2, 1932 — Feb 28, 2018
Marion Slattery Tyler's Obituary
Marion Slattery "Mike" Tyler
April 2, 1932 – February 28, 2017
Slattery will be remembered as a loving, artistic woman devoted to her family and community.
She was born in Brooklyn to Martin Slattery and Dorothy von Dahlbender. She and her 2 brothers were raised in California where her father started a chicken ranch.
She went to college in Boston at Newton College of the Sacred Heart where she majored in Art History.
After college she signed on with the Red Cross to serve in Korea as a Recreation Worker. There she met, and eventually married, Cliff Tyler.
She raised her three children mostly in NJ. She was a stay-at-home mom with part time jobs; always active with her children and community. She approached projects with pride and gusto, turning nearly everything she touched into a success – the Girl Scouts, the Boro Recreation Commission, Fayson Lakes Beach, band parents.
After she divorced and her children were launched, she sold the family home and toured the country in a van. She next settled in Seattle where she finally had time to pursue her love of writing. She fell in love with the art scene there and was active in readings, painting groups and even got to participate in a project to paint murals on the bus stops.
Eventually Slattery moved to Princeton to be closer to family. She lived in Harriet Bryan House until her deteriorating health led her to a nursing home. Even there, she was sociable and community minded to the end.
She was predeceased by her brother Marty Slattery and her daughter Brenda Marie Tyler-Pell. She leaves behind a brother, Eugene Slattery of Nipomo, CA; two children and their spouses – Mauri Tyler and Lorraine Hand of Columbus, NJ and Jim Tyler and Markus Naslund of Barrie, Canada. She was beloved Aunt Mike to Cathy, Scott and Wyatt Maxwell of Bloomingdale, NJ and counted Marie and Jerry Zink as close family. Also left to mourn her passing are six grandchildren with their significant others and three great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the ArtSpace and Sewing Space programs of Home Front, 1880 Princeton Ave., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-4518 (homefrontnj.org).
There will be a memorial service, March 10, 2018 at 11:00am (gathering begins 10:00) in the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ. Buffet to follow at 1:00pm at Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village, 201 Village Boulevard, Princeton, NJ.
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Funeral Services for Marion Slattery Tyler
Memorial Gathering
March
10
Saturday
Kimble Funeral Home
10:00 - 11:00 am
Memorial Service
March
10
Saturday
Kimble Funeral Home
Starts at 11:00 am
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