Marilyn Newby
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[ Marilyn P. Newby, 79, of Normal, died Friday at 10:40 a.m., Aug. 22, 2008 at Heritage Manor. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and teacher for over forty years, Marilyn was beloved by all who knew her.
A celebration of Marilyn's life will be held at Ewing Castle, Saturday, August 30. Fellowship 2-3; Celebration 3-4. Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington, is in charge of arrangements.
Marilyn was born January 20, 1929, in rural Du Quoin, a daughter of Orlie Ayer and Marie Krone Provart. She married Richard Newby Oct. 7, 1950, in Du Quoin.
Survivors are her husband Richard Newby of Normal and four children: John (Pam) of Heyworth; David, a widower (Gail) of Quartz Hill, Calif.; Kent (Kelley) of Centennial, Colo.; Jane Tilden (Tim) of Vermilion, S.D.; granddaughters Sarah (Coren) of San Francisco; Diana and Helen of Quartz Hill; Katherine, Kendall, and Kelsey of Centennial; grandson Kolin of Centennial; brother Harold Provart of Du Quoin.
She was preceded in death by her brother Victor and her sister Phyllis Armstrong.
Marilyn taught in public schools and at the Illinois Solders and Sailors Children's School before joining the Art Department at Illinois State University, where she served from 1965 to 1999. In 1972 she attended the World Congress of the International Society for Education through Art at Zagreb, where she made many friends from Egypt, Yugoslavia, and Italy. During one of her trips to Japan she studied the art of the kimona, designing one with her characteristic joy. In 1980 she earned a Ph.D. in Art Education at The Pennsylvania State University. In 1977-78 she served as president of Illinois Art Education Association. She was a member of the National Art Education Association, and in 2006 NAEA Distinguished Fellows elected her to membership. Included in her legacy is a mural that she designed in 1984 from her students‚ work, entitled "All of Us Under One Rainbow." It still brightens the west facade of ISU's Bone Student Center.
Marilyn was rich in friends who saw her integrity, warmth, generosity, her love of art and music, her enthusiasm to teach and serve the community, her sense of humor, her laughter, her zest for life, her quiet faith and devotion to family.
Marilyn's family wishes to thank the staff of Heritage Manor for its care of her.