Marilyn E. Beres

Marilyn E. Beres, 59, of Big Beaver, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at her residence. Born March 29, 1948, in New Brighton, a daughter of the late Ben and Margaret Wassil Beres, she was a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church. She was a 1966 graduate of Big Beaver Falls Area High School and received a B.S. in Biology from Geneva College in 1971. Marilyn had been previously employed as a research technician at Carnegie-Mellon University, was co-owner of the Craft Cottage, sales clerk at the former Reeder's Stationery and Book Store in Beaver Falls, sales person in small appliances and film developing department of K-Mart in Chippewa Township and was employed by C&S Sports Factory, Center Township. She also taught cake decorating classes at the Community College of Beaver County, was a member of The Frostettes and had taken paralegal courses at CCBC.

She is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, John J. and Kathryn Beres, Chapel Hill, N.C.; two nieces and their husbands, Beth and David Edgerton, Rocky Mountain, N.C., and Carol and Michael Hartzell, Canton, Ohio, and a great-nephew, Benjamin Lee Edgerton.

Friends will be received Monday from 5 p.m. until time of service at 8 p.m. in the HILL & KUNSELMAN FUNERAL HOME, www.hilland kunselman.com, 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, with her pastor, Dr. Paul Holland, officiating.

Private interment will be in Grandview Cemetery, Big Beaver.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made, if desired, to the Humane Society, Route 18, Monaca, Pa. 15061