Marilyn J. Shaddow Flowers EDGEWOOD, PA
- Marilyn J. Shaddow Flowers died Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at the age of 78. She was born and raised in Trenton, daughter of the late Roscoe Raymond Shaddow Jr. and Mary Hope Keller Shaddow, and was a graduate of Trenton Central High School class of 1948. Mrs. Flowers earned a bachelor's degree from Trenton State Teacher's College (now College of New Jersey) and taught school for 37 years, most of that time at Monument School, Trenton. She married James Palmer Flowers in 1954 and they built their home on the Palmer-Flowers ancestral land, Penn Acres Farm, in the village of Edgewood, Lower Makefield Township, and remained there all their lives. Preceded in death by her beloved husband, James, in 1997, Mrs. Flowers is survived by her daughters, Kathryn Ann Flowers and Judith Ann Flowers, both of Lower Makefield Township; her grandson, Nigel Kevin Johnson Jr. of Lower Makefield, and his father, Nigel Kevin Johnson Sr.; two brothers and sisters-in-law, R. Raymond III and Patricia Shaddow of Hamilton Township, and Blaine L. Sr. and Constance Shaddow of Cape Coral, FL; two nieces and a nephew, Kim Kerr and her husband Robert of Hamilton Township, Jean Shaddow of Trenton, and Blaine L. Shaddow Jr. of Trenton; special cousins, Richard C. and Diane L. Green of Hamilton Township; a lifelong friend, Claire Shaltis of Long Beach Island, NJ; her "Monument School Family," and many longtime dear friends. A graveside service and burial will take place on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at 12 noon at the Middletown Friends Cemetery, Maple Avenue, Langhorne, PA, under the direction of the Swartz/Givnish Funeral Home, Newtown, PA, 215-968-3891. There will be no calling hours, "Okey Dokey?" Memorial contributions in the name of Marilyn J. Flowers.