Marilynn Meyer Milmoe

June 24, 1929 – December 30, 2015

Born in Pittsburgh, PA  to Oscar and Alys Meyer. 
She had a brother Gregor Meyer and sister Patricia Drewes. 

She is survived by her sister Paula Lowry, her husband of 62 years, James O. Milmoe, her five children
Robin Webster, Alyson Crispin, Sara Milmoe, James O. Milmoe, Jr. and Andrew G. Milmoe
11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

BA at Denison University in Political Science
One year in Law school at the University of Pittsburgh
Wrote for Pittsburgh Spectator magazine
Women’s editor for the Mount Lebanon News
Reporter for the Tribune Weekly
Editor Tribune with 49,000 Circulation

Moved to Colorado with Jim in 1953
Reporter for the Englewood CO Press
Director of Publicity Colorado Women’s College
Member of the League of Women Voters, AAUW, and the Tri Delta Sorority.
Editor Photogram Magazine for the Colorado Council of Camera Clubs
Charter/Founding member of Rolling Hills Country Club
Member of Mt Vernon Country Club since 1955
Charter/Founding Member of the Applewood Soiree Dance Club 1960
Docent at the Denver Art Museum since 1979
Member of the Museum of Contemporary Art and the
Kirkland Museum in Denver, the Foothills Art Center in Golden
Board Member of the Colorado Federation of the Arts, 
​Co-chair Artists Gatherings
International Design Conference in Aspen Conferee from
1955–2006 and wrote many articles for CA (Communication Arts) Magazine while Jim photographed.
Co-authored two cookbooks with Greta Hilb,
For Goodness Sake “Another Cookbook” and
For Goodness Sake “That’s my Recipe”
Board member and founder of the Friends of Contemporary Art at the DAM (Denver Art Museum) 
Chairperson of Art Colorado 1969
Board member and founding member of the Alliance for Contemporary Art at the DAM
An enthusiastic member of the Denver Eclectics

Marilynn loved music, played piano from a young age, and played with the percussion section of the Westinghouse Orchestra in Pittsburgh. She enjoyed attending many “Bravo Vail Concerts” especially the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Another passion in addition to classical music was opera, which she attended in Central City, Opera Colorado, the Metropolitan Opera in NYC, and the Opera in Verona, Italy. 

She loved to travel and visited most of the states including Alaska and Hawaii, twenty-eight foreign countries including the Seychelles (which was big on her bucket list)!
   
Services held at Mount Olivet Mortuary 
2:00pm Friday, January 8, 2016
12801 West 44th Ave.
Wheatridge, CO 80033

In lieu of flowers, if you would care to make a donation in Marilynn’s memory, please consider one of these organizations that were close to Marilynn’s heart:

Abbey of St. Walburga
Benedictine Nuns
1029 Benedictine Way
Virginia Dale, CO 80536-7633

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​Denison University
PO Box 716
Granville, OH 43023

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Marilynn was Jim’s life partner, married for 62 years. She was his Photographic Assistant, writer, travel coordinator, art activist, bookkeeper, proofreader, and played an essential role in the success of their business.
​All the while raising their five children with finesse!
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