Marilyn Katcher

March 3, 1934 - April 23, 2009

Marilyn Katcher, 75, of Overland Park, KS passed away Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Garden Terrace Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 11:00am Sunday, April 26 at Beth Shalom Synagogue, 9400 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO. Burial Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers, the family suggests contributions to The Ronald McDonald House Charities, www.mhc.org or Beth Shalom Synagogue, 14200 Lamar, Overland Park, KS 66223. Marilyn was born to Sam and Florence Schwartz in Kansas City and was a lifelong area resident. She attended Kansas City schools and graduated from SW High School. She was a lifelong member of Beth Shalom Synagogue where she was very active. She was a member of its Sisterhood and sang in the choir. Marilyn taught Sunday School and was the music teacher at Beth Shalom for over 20 years. She taught “Fun with Music,” a program for preschool children at the Jewish Community Center. Marilyn married Martin Bass in 1952 with whom she raised two children, son: Benjamin Bass, Dublin, OH, daughter and her husband: Sherri and Marvin Krost, Plano, TX, who all survive. She remarried Norman Katcher in 1985 and took his sons as her own. Norman preceded her in death in 2003. Randy Katcher and his wife Sandi, St. Louis, MO, Steven Katcher, Overland Park, KS all survive. Marilyn is also survived by brothers and sisters-in-law: Alan and Barbara Schwartz, Lenexa, KS, Bennett and Debbie Schwartz, Overland Park, KS; sister and brother-in-law: Gloria and Gary Adelman, Deerfield, IL; grandchildren: Marco Ruffini, Chicago, IL, Danny Bass and Marjorie Bass both of Chicago, IL, Michael Krost and Kelley Krost, both of Plano, TX. Marilyn was also preceded in death by her parents and her valuable companion Ralph Indin. Marilyn will be remembered as a cheerful, caring woman who loved her family very much