Marion Rozelle Ray

Marion Rozelle Darrah Ray Ashlock, 87, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Marion was born July 6, 1923, in Lafayette County, Missouri to Elton Edgar Darrah and Violet Hester Tankersley.

She was a member of the Shawnee Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Shawnee, Kansas, American Legion Post #327. As a child she and her siblings used to sing and dance for the old confederate veterans. At Greenwood Terrace Senior community, where she lived, she entertained other residents by playing the piano.

Marion was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Leo Clayton Ray, Sr,; her son, Leo Clayton Ray, Jr.; 2 brothers, Robert Darrah and Nathanial Sutton Darrah; and 1 sister, Dorcas Lee Hinrick. She is survived by her husband, Harold Keith Ashlock; two sons, Larry Clayton Ray (Alison) and James Dennis Ray (Ann); three stepsons, Gerald Steven Ashlock (Cheryl), Ronald Eugene Ashlock (Terri), and Greg Allen Ashlock; one stepdaughter, Karen Sue Ashlock Buckle; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one brother, Elton Edgar Darrah, Jr.; and one sister, Virginia Dee Rooney.

Sympathies may be expressed in the form of memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64105 or online at www.cancer.org

Visitation and Funeral Service

Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, May 16, 2011, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. Funeral service will be at 1:30p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at the chapel; burial to follow at Resurrection Cemetery, Lenexa, Kansas.