Marion Kay OVERHOLT

OVERHOLT, Marion Kay- Age 84, of Fenton, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013. No services will be held. Marion was born August 6, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Ross and Loraine (Rogge) Blancett. She married Jerry Russell Overholt in Detroit on August 6, 1949. She worked as the Assistant City Clerk for the City of Orchard Lake for 17 years. She was a member of the Michigan Women's Press Club and the Land O' Lakes Chapter of the Business and Professional Women Association. She was the Publicity Director for Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. She was a Girl Scouts Day Camp Leader and a member of the Camp Fire Girls. Marion attended U of M on scholarship, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa and received a Magna Cum Laude degree. She also attended Wayne State University for her Education Degree. She was the Editor of the Lakeland Tribune, Interlake News and Spinal Column. She taught at Walled Lake Consolidated Schools and Huron Valley Schools. She was the Second Reader and a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Milford and was a church officer at the First Methodist Church in Alba, MI. Marion was a member of the Fenton Downtown Development Authority and volunteered playing piano at numerous nursing homes in the area. She is survived by her daughters, Janet (Keith) Green of Commerce Twp, Alison Kay (Carl) Kalcec of Rose Township; 3 grandchildren, Austin (Michelle) Kalcec of Norway, MI, Everett (Angela) Kalcec of Celina, OH, Glenn Kalcec of Ypsilanti; 5 great-grandchildren, Macario, Mireya, Elaina, William and Russell; special friends, Allison and Jason Horton and their family. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her son, Clyde Overholt. Online condolences may be posted on the obituaries page of www.sharpfuneralhomes.com.