Obituary for Marilyn K. Eastwood

Marilyn K Eastwood, age 77, passed away on Friday June 7, 2024 at Memorial Central Hospital in Colorado Springs after a short illness. She was born in Kansas City, MO on December 10, 1946. Marilyn grew up in Amarillo, Texas, with her parents Fred and Kathrine Cox, brothers Fred and Larry. She graduated from Amarillo High School in 1964 and after some college entered the insurance field as a secretary, worked her way up to an executive assistant and finished her career as a licensed agent.

She met her husband Gary in Colorado Springs in 1981 and were married in August 1983. They then moved to the Denver area where they lived until retiring in 2000. They moved to Westcliffe in November, 2001 to the Bull Domingo Ranch where they had purchased property in 1987, built their retirement home in which they were currently living.

Marilyn is survived by her husband Gary, daughter Julie (Joshua) Hester, grandchildren Emily, Cade and Samantha Hester, step son Andrew (Trey) Eastwood, grandchildren Avery, Ethan and Owen Eastwood, brother Fred (Quenna) Cox,  sister in law Judith Abbott, Joyce (Bryce) Ruschhaupt, Patricia Sasser, numerous nieces and nephews,  many friends and parishioners in the Westcliffe area.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Holt Family Funeral Home in Canon City, Services will be held at Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church in Westcliffe at 9:30AM on June 18, 2024.

Burial will be at the Assumption cemetery and then lunch at the parish hall provided by the Altar Society. Marilyn had requested that in lieu of flowers, please make a donation for the new Tabernacle in the church. Contact Diane in the church office @ 719-783-3507.