Marilyn Irene Stevens-Michael was born November 1, 1938, she was delivered at home by her grandmother in Royal, Utah to Gerald Abram Stevens and Fern LaVee Powell Stevens. Marillyn passed to the next life due to complications of Alzheimer's disease on July 14, 2023  in Colville, Washington.  Marilyn was a lifelong dedicated member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

When she was young, her family moved to Colville, Washington. Marilyn loved growing up on the family's ranch in the Echo Valley area of Colville. She loved helping her dad with the outside farm chores and caring for the farm animals.

When Marilyn was 16 years old, she attended a Grange Hall dance. At this dance she met her future husband and the love of her life, Fred Nelson Michael. She graduated from Colville High School in 1956. The next year, on August 16, 1957, she married Fred. She was kind and compassionate. Fred always told her how beautiful her blue eyes were. He said there was not a prettier girl in Stevens County.

They have 5 children. She did not need to work outside the home and so dedicated her life to being a wife, mother, and grandmother. When their children would ask dad why he wanted to marry their mom, he would reply, "I knew that she would be a wonderful mother," and he was right. She was always at her children's sports, church, and school events.

Marilyn is deeply loved by her husband, Fred Michael and children Dean (Martha) Michael, Kathy (Cliff) Johnstun, Mark Michael, Lynda (Randy) Sorensen, and Trini (Marc) Heese. She has 26 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren. Still living are her siblings Geraldine Harmon-Morgan, Joan (Robert) Gardner, and Robert Stevens.  Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, her twin sister Carolyn Stevens Fosback, along with brothers Gerald and Donald Stevens. We know that we will live together as a family in the next life and look forward to a beautiful reunion one day.

A viewing will be held Thursday July 20, 2023 from 3:00-5:00 pm at Danekas Funeral Home in Colville, Washington. A memorial service will be held Friday July 21, 2023 at 3:00 pm at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel located at 260 East Juniper Colville, Washington. Interment will be at the Garden Valley Cemetery at a later date.