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Marilynn Diana Orwat received her angel wings on Monday, June 16, 2003. She died in the arms of her loving family at the ABQ Regional Medical Center Hospice Unit. Marilynn was born April 12, 1932 in Springville, NY. She is survived by her mother, Olive M. Hampton of Brigham City, Utah; her five children, David Orwat, and his wife Elvie, Elaine and her husband Dr. Robert Foreman, Sharon D. Streicher, Charles Orwat and his wife Debbie, and Keith Orwat and his wife, Debra; grandchildren, Jennifer M. Osborne and her husband, Aaron, Joseph James Pelot, III and his wife, Kimberly, Desiree Orwat and her fiance, Brandon McSween of Fredricksburg, VA, Diana and Charles Orwat, Jr., Brett and Jordan Foreman, Candice and Michael Orwat, Sarah Orwat, Penny, Saul and Paul Rasmussen; great-grandchildren, Kyle and Cheyenne Osborne, Joseph James, IV and Savannah Marie Pelot, Tyler Flynt; brother, Wesley Hampton and family of Spokane, WA; sister, Wendy Zielinski and family of Rainier, OR and Christopher Hampton and family of Rochester, NY; and friends Betty Vogel, Julia Cordova, and special friends whom she loved like family Stephanie Kay, Georgia Barreras, Loretta Howard, Anna Wolverton, and Chaplain Larry Wills Nana was preceded in death by her father, Charlie Snowshoes Hampton, her husband of 35 years Arthur M. Orwat; her beloved Richard Y. Brown, companion and best friend of 7 years, and dear friend Mildred Kole. At many points in her life she was cared for by her children and through the last difficult years of her life to her death she lived with her daughter Sharon and granddaughter Jennifer. Marilynn fulfilled a lifelong dream by graduating from P.A. L. Clowns and embodied"Minnie the Clown" for ten years. She worked as a bus driver for Helwig and Farmer Schoolbus Transportation Company and retired after many years from UNM School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Sandia Palliative Care Center, 8804 Washington NE, Ste. C, 87113, where, in lieu of flowers, you can make charatible contributions. Marilynn's personal effects are being donated to victims of domestic violence. Cremation has taken place and Memorial Services will be held Saturday, 6:00 p.m., at French Mortuary, University Blvd. Chapel with Rey Vejil officiating."See ya on down the road ..." French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333
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