Marian L. (Sorenson) Goodnight

Marian L Goodnight, 84, passed away at Friendship Manor in Rock Island on Saturday September 14, 2019.

A memorial service will be 11:30 a.m. on Friday September 27, 2019, at Esterdahl Mortuary & Crematory, Moline.  Visitation will be at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until service time.  Per Marian’s wishes cremation rites have been accorded.  Inurnment will follow at the Rock Island National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Orion United Methodist Church or the American Legion Post 255 in Orion.

Marian was born on December 6, 1934, in Bryant, S.D.  She was the daughter of Hallie and Dorothy (Petersen) Sorenson.  Marian retired in 1989 from the Rock Island Arsenal, after many years in administrative positions.   She married Bernard Welch in Rock Island, IL, 1952, he proceeded her in death in 1996.  She later married Fred Goodnight in 1999, in Orion, IL.

Marian was a member of Orion United Methodist Church, the American Legion Post 255 Auxiliary in Orion, she was an accomplished organist, loved to cook and was well known for her pie baking.  Marian loved traveling, bingo, and the casinos.  Most important of all, Marian loved spending time with her family.

Survivors include her husband, Fred, daughters and their husbands, Sheila and Rick Fredericks and Patricia and Dana Miller; son-in-law Chris Windeknecht; stepdaughter and her husband, Maryann and John Neiderhieser; grandchildren, Beth (Ken) Park, Teresa Miller, Melissa (Alan) Wendt, Stephanie (Shaun) Callan, Natalie (Bradley) Sayers, Eric (Amy) Windeknecht, Mark Windeknecht and 6 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard, parents, daughter, Pamela Windeknecht and grandson, Daniel Miller.

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