| Name |
Marilyn Joan George |
| Birth |
29 May 1932 |
Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota  [1, 2] |
- daughter of Francis H George and Marie I Andersen
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| Gender |
Female |
| Anecdote |
Jun 1997 |
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota [3] |
- Dr Judson Mabee and his wife Marilyn Die in Plane Crash
3 Jun 1997
Red Lake, Ontario (AP) – an ophthalmologist and his wife from Mitchell, SD, were killed when the light plane in which they were passengers crashed into a northern Ontario lake Sunday afternoon, according to Mitchell Police Chief, Colin Comer.
The victims were Dr Judson Mabee, 66, and his wife, Marilyn, 65, Comer said. Mabee owned a Mitchell eye clinic.
The aircraft went down in west Red Lake, which is 111 miles north of Dryden, near the Ontario-Manitoba border.
The Ontario Coroner's Office and the Canadian Transportation Safely Board have been called in to investigate.
The South Dakotans were on a fishing trip when the pontoon plane was trying to land on the water.
Authorities said the pilot, Mitchell businessman Ron Randall, survived the crash. Randall was hospitalized in Red Lake, suffering hypothermia, Mitchell authorities said.
Ontario provincial police told Mitchell authorities the plane flipped after it touched the water. This crash was seen by people on the shore, who then got out to the site and rescued Randall.
5 Jun 1997
Mitchell – Dr Judson Mabee, 66, and his wife Marilyn Mabee, 65, residents of Mitchell who also had a home in the Black Hills, died Sunday, June 1, 1997, at Carroll Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Services will be Friday at First Lutheran Church in Mitchell, Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery in Mitchell.
17 Jun 1997
Mitchell – Canadian officials have recovered the plane that crashed on Lake Carroll, Ontario, killing a retired Mitchell eye doctor and his wife.
The plane was raised by the insurance company, and officials were able to look at the cockpit controls, said Vic Gurden, regional manager for the federal Transportation Safely Board in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
"The landing gear lever in the cockpit was down, and the landing gear wheels were down," Gurden said.
In order to make a successful water landing, the wheels needed to be up inside the floats, When the wheels came in contact with the water, it created "Significant drag" causing the plane to cartwheel and flip, he said.
Retired Mitchell ophthalmologist Judson Mabee, 66, and his wife, Marilyn, 65, drowned in the crash.
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| Death |
1 Jun 1997 |
Carroll Lake, Ontario, Canada [3, 4] |
| Obituary |
6 Jun 1997 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota [5] |
- Mitchell – Jud and Marilyn Mabee loved to travel, but they always looked forward to coming home to Mitchell where their heart was.
The children of the Mabees say it is tough to sort through the memories their parents gave them over the years.
"They died too soon," said Paula Helenurm of San Diego "They loved getting away, but they never wanted to leave Mitchell.... My grandmother still lives in Mitchell, and my mom was a devoted daughter spending a lot of time with her."
They supported us in our education, encouraged us to do our own thing, never put any demands on us," she said.
Mark Mabee of Yankton, will keep those hunting and fishing trips with his dad as the best memories.
Dr Mabee was born Dec 28, 1930 in Mitchell, where he graduated from high school in 1948.
He attended the University of South Dakota on a football scholarship. He graduated cum laude in 1951, and then entered the USD School of Medicine. He completed his medical training in 1955 at Northwestern University in Chicago.
He married Marilyn George in Huron on June 18, 1955. He completed further surgical training at Denver General Hospital and at Tulane University in New Orleans.
He spent two years in the Air Force, and was stationed at Carswell Air Force Base at Fort Worth, Texas. He completed his opthalmological training at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital in New York.
The couple returned to Mitchell in 1961, where he began his practice of ophthalmology with his father, Dr Oscar J Mabee.
He was a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmologists and volunteered his time at the Indian Health Service.
Marilyn George was born May 29, 1962, in Brainard, Minn. She and her family lived in Igloo during World War II. She graduated from high school in Huron in 1950.
She attended Macalester College in Minnesota and graduated from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion with a degree in social work in 1954. She was a social worker in Chicago before her marriage.
After the couple's marriage, she worked as a social worker in Denver, New Orleans and in Fort Worth. She was a home maker when they returned to Mitchell.
In addition to their daughter and son, survivors include another son, Todd of Summer Lake, Ore; five grandchildren; her mother, Marie George; and his sister, Joan Funk of Denver.
Services will be Friday in the First Lutheran Church in Mitchell, with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Mitchell.
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| Reference Number |
12513 |
| Burial |
Graceland Cemetery, Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota [6] |
- Mabee; Marilyn Joan; May29, 1932; June 1 1997; Married June 18, 1955; Judson Oscar; Dec 28, 1930; June 1 1997
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| Person ID |
I12448 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1932 - 1997 (65 years)
