Marinella Middleton Hundley

(December 16, 1923 ~ October 16, 2012)

Marinella Middleton Hundley, daughter of Robert Henry Middleton and Dulcie Edith Williams, and married to Harry Hendricks Hundley.

Marinella Hundley passed away at her Klamath Falls home on Oct. 16, 2012.

Eternal Hills Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

She was born Dec. 16, 1923, one of 10 children of Robert and Dulcie Middleton. They lived in Bradshaw, Texas, where she attended elementary school and then graduated from Dumas High School in Dumas, Ark.
Marinella met her husband Harry while he was in the Army in Pine Bluff, Ark., and they were married in 1945. They moved in 1947 to Tulelake, Calif., to a homestead, where Harry farmed and Marinella was a homemaker for 35 years. They moved to Klamath Falls, Ore., in 1982.

She is survived by her sister Dorothy McCutcheon of Alvin, Texas; her brother and sister-in-law Jimmy and Nora Middleton of Sweetgum, Texas; daughter Rita Braninburg of Reno, Nev.; daughters and sons-in-law Helen and Phil DeSantis of Westhampton, Mass., and Gail and Ty Halousek of Malin, Ore.; seven grandchildren Jolene, Tony, Shane, Nick, Leslie, Todd and Laura; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Marinella will be greatly missed and always remembered for her love and devotion to her family.

Published in Herald And News on October 21, 2012