AUBURN — Marilyn C. Wilkinson, 86, a former resident of Schooner Estates, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, at the Clover Manor, where she had resided since last May.

She was born in Auburn, March 1, 1925, the daughter of Robert and Josephine Lane Cook. Educated in Auburn schools, she was a graduate of Edward Little High School, Class of 1943, and of the Maine School of Commerce in Auburn. She married Herbert D. Walton, who passed away in 1958. She married her second husband, Harold F. Wilkinson in 1972. Mr. Wilkinson passed away in 1995.

She worked in the secretarial pool in Washington, D.C., and drove a forklift at BIW during World War II. She worked as a keypunch operator at Pratt and Whitney in Connecticut.

After moving back to Maine, she became involved with the youth group at Sixth Street Church and was the manager of a group of singers called the Sugarplum Society. She became an accomplished seamstress and was hired to make drapes for Margaret Chase Smith’s house in Cundy’s Harbor.

A dedicated homemaker, she also was employed for many years as a cafeteria worker in the Auburn school system. She was an avid crocheter, loved to read and loved to watch golf on TV.

A member of Sixth Street Congregational Church, she is survived by a son, Greg and wife, Tina Walton; two daughters, Elaine and husband, John Courteau and Debra Wilkinson, all of Auburn; two grandchildren, Tracy Cottle and Katie Courteau; two great-grandchildren, Troy Walton and Myia Cottle; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Besides her husbands, she was predeceased by two brothers, Robert Cook Jr. and Jesse Cook; and two sisters, Ruth Barlow and Melba Reynolds.

Donations, condolences and a photo tribute may be accessed online at www.albert-burpee.com.