Marilyn and her husband Ken Hofstetter
have been married for 43 years. They have lived in Aiken,
South Carolina for 21 years. They have two children --
Eric and Kelli. Eric is married and he and his wife have
given Marilyn and Ken a beautiful 8 month old baby grand
daughter. Kelli owns a kennel for boarding dogs, cats,
and horses. Both Eric and Kelli live in Aiken, too.
Marilyn's fondest memories of her KP days are the
football games, working on the yearbook and the Panther
staff, and performing with the KP Chorus. She likes to
play tennis, gardening, singing in the church choir, and
needlework. Marilyn attended Lloyd Elementary School for
7 years, then she transferred to Barry and graduated from
Barry. She played "Marge" in the January class play
"Mother is a Freshman" Her favorite teacher was Mr. Polk
for music and chorus, and Mrs. Nordman for Civics. Her
least favorite teachers were Mr. Barr and Mrs. Gailes for
math. (Join the club, Marilyn!) Both Marilyn and Ken have
a BA from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois and
Marilyn has a MS in Biology from Purdue in Lafayette,
Indiana. Ken has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue. To all
her classmates and KP friends, Marilyn says, "See you
soon!"