BRAMWELL Marianna Bramwell, 86, died Jan. 23rd after a long illness. Marianna was born in Groton, MA., on September 1, 1918, to First Lieutenant and Mrs. Clifford Augustus Bantleon. She grew up in Kansas City, KS, and attended Wyndotte High School and the University of Kansas, where she was a member of Phi Beta Phi Sorority. She taught elementary school and received her Masters of Library Science from Emporia State University. She served as school librarian in Salina, KS, until her retirement in 1980. She was active in many civic and community affairs, was a lifelong Episcopalian and truly loved her church. Marianna has been a Colorado Springs area resident for 24 years where she enjoyed her many friends, bridge, books, and her family. She was a member of the Garden of the Gods Club, Grace Episcopal Church, and the Junior League. She has been living with her daughter, Virginia Foster, for the last five years in Woodland Park, CO. She is survived by her four children; Marianna Bantleon Nothern, and her husband, Austin, Topeka, KS; Harvey Bentleon Hoover, and his wife Jill, Colorado Springs, Virginia Bernice Foster, and her husband, Mike, Woodland Park, Martha Nell Ritter, and her husband, Jim, Naperville, IL; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and by her sister, Virginia B. Brier, Topeka, KS. She was preceded in death by two children, John Henry Hoover, and Elizabeth Jane Hoover, and by her two husbands, Harvey Jewell Hoover, and G. Phillips Bramwell. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. David's Episcopal Church, 36 Edlow Road, Woodland Park, CO, 80863. A memorial service will be held Friday, January 28, 2005, at Chapel of Our Savior, #8 4th Street, at 10:30 a.m., Colorado Springs. A private internment will be held at a later date.
