Marilyn Faye Grother

Cremation Service for Marilyn Faye Grother, 85, of Des Moines, Iowa, is under the direction of Agent Mallory Martin Funeral Service, Inc.

Marilyn was born on December 31, 1940, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Ethel (Munyon) Littell and Edward Littell. She passed away on November 10, 2026, in Vian, Oklahoma. On July 18, 1960, she married Michael Jon Grother in Rock Island, Illinois, and they shared many years together until his passing on June 30, 2014. Marilyn devoted much of her life to her family as a homemaker and also worked for the United States Postal Service as a mail sorter until her retirement.

Survivors are one daughter, Michelle Smith and husband Larry of Vian, OK; one stepson, Gary Grother and wife Linda of Chattanooga, TN; six grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Florence Ellis of Des Moines, IA; one brother, Sonny Littell of Des Moines, IA; and several other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Jon Grother; one daughter, Pamela Hobby; one son, Richard Grother; one stepson, Michael Grother, Jr.; one stepdaughter, Nora Grother; her parents; and five siblings, Naomi, Phyllis, Bertha, Patty, and Johnny.