URBANA:  Marilyn Takes, 66, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton following a sudden illness.

     A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, January 16, 2010 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Urbana with Father Ardel Barta as Celebrant.  Interment will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Urbana.  The visitation will also be held at the church in Urbana from 4 to 7 PM on Friday.  Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements.

     Marilyn was born December 12, 1943 at Vinton to Burl and Charlotte (Hite) Abernathy and graduated from the Vinton High School.

     On October 14, 1967, she was united in marriage to Grant Takes at Vinton.  She was employed as an Inspector at Rockwell Collins for thirty-seven and one half years and retired in 1999.  She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Urbana and enjoyed camping and fishing.  Her greatest joy came from being a "grandmother".

     She is survived by her husband, Grant; her sons, Jim Takes and his fiancée, Connie McCartney, and John Takes and his wife, Jennifer, all of Urbana; her grandchildren, Tyler, Nathan, Logan, Emily, and Nick Takes, and Sydney McCartney; her brothers, Keith (Joan) Abernathy of Vinton, and Don Abernathy of Victor; and her sisters, Carol Hackney of Eldora, and Lorraine (Lyle) Marter, of Tucson, AZ.

     She was preceded in death by her parents; infant brother, David; and her brother, Roger Abernathy.

     Condolences may be sent to:  www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com