Marilyn Donna Riffle Arose
1930 — 2021
90, being conformed to the likeness of Christ has completed her journey to perfection and joined her Lord and Savior in eternal rest on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Mom was born in Morgantown, WV on March 20, 1930, the second daughter of the late Harry B. and Georgia Hiawatha Riffle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Sam, and sister and brother-in-law, Marjorie and Bob Gower. Marilyn grew up in the Village of New Geneva, Pennsylvania and attended Indiana State College in Indiana, PA. It was after transferring to West Virginia University to become a dietician, that she met the love of her life, Sam Arose. They married on September 12, 1953 and...