Marion W. McBrien

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Marion W. McBrien

Jan. 21, 1920 - June 25, 2013

BASEHOR, Kansas -- Marion W. McBrien, age 93, of Basehor, Kansas passed away on Tuesday June 25, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Lansing, Kansas.

Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, 2013, at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home; burial to follow in the Glenwood Cemetery near Basehor. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening, also at the funeral home.

Marion was born on Jan. 21, 1920, in McCook, Nebraska, and moved to Lenape, Kansas, in 1935. He had worked for some of the area farmers and at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant during the war. Marion then went into the Painters Union working mostly as a sheetrock finisher retiring in 1971. He and his wife, Mary, moved to Basehor in 1965.

He loved going to swap meets and was a member of the early Ford V-8 Clubs. One of his favorite cars was his 1934 Ford 3 window coupe.

Marion was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Mary Ellen McBrien in 2005 and one daughter, Dora Lee Mahan, in 1974.

He is survived by one daughter, Patricia Ann Hedden; son-in-law, Mark Mahan; three granddaughters; one grandson, many great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Arrangements are by Alden-Harrington Funeral Home.