Sugar City, Idaho
Marillyn Peirce King Christensen
1931 — 2022
Marillyn Peirce King Christensen, 90, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 17, 2022, at the Homestead assisted-living center in Rexburg, Idaho, from natural causes. Marillyn was born November 5, 1931, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Earle Wagner Peirce and Lydia Stevens. She was the oldest of four children, and attended grade school, junior high school, high school, and college in Salt Lake City. She began taking piano lessons at age 5, starting a life-long career of music performance, accompaniment and teaching. As a teenager, she accompanied a popular vocal double trio and the 100-plus acappella choir at East High School in Salt Lake City. Marillyn attended the University of Utah, where she...