Marilyn S. Drang, age 77, of Ora, Indiana passed away Monday, March 10, 2025. Marilyn was born April 15, 1947 in Bass Station, Indiana to Ernie and Florence (May) Thompson. Marilyn’s life-work was education, having achieved a Masters Degree for herself, she went on to spend her career as a school teacher. She had been a secretary at the Knox Middle School, and had taught at Oregon-Davis Junior High and Lincoln Junior High in Plymouth. She had many hobbies including reading the Bible, watching the beautiful birds at the bird feeder with her husband, playing games with family and friends, especially rummikub and sequence. She particularly cherished her time raising her three children, spending time with family and watching her grandchildren grow.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Drang of Ora, her children, Frank Drang of Warsaw, Indiana, Rich Drang Jr. of Rome City, Indiana and Jenny Drang of Kokomo, Indiana, three sisters, Bonnie Planck of Naples, Florida, Lorretta Stone of Gosport, Indiana and Angie Garrison of Weeki Wachee, Florida, a brother, Benjamin Thompson of Plymouth, Indiana and three grandchildren, Nicole, Taylor and Tanner Drang. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernie and Florence Thompson, and siblings, Pauline Mendenhall, Mary Osborne, Tom Thompson, and Shirley Williams.
Funeral services will take place on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 12noon (ET), with visitation two hours prior to services, at M.C. Smith Funeral Home in Knox. Burial will follow at the Alexander Heinemann Cemetery in Ora, Indiana. Memorial contributions may be made by purchasing reading books in her memory for Jenny Drang’s first grade class at Taylor Elementary School, 5500 Wea Dr., Kokomo, IN 46902 or through gift cards at www.shop.scholastic.com
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8480 S. 750 E.
Ora, IN 46968
