Maxine Marlow Branum, 102 years of age, of Fort Wayne, IN, departed this life on Friday, November 19, 2021, at 12:47pm.
Maxine was born February 14, 1919 in Tamaroa, IL, the daughter of William and Mae Marlow.
She married Charles W. Branum April 12, 1942.
She was a graduate of Du Quoin Township High School in 1937. She attended Rebicam Business College in St. Louis, MO. She worked in the business world in St. Louis, MO, in Cincinnati, OH for the government, in Colorado Springs for an Air Force Captain, and as bookkeeper for the Toronto Christian Mission, in Ontario Canada. Maxine will be remembered in her youth as one who loved music, with a lovely soprano voice. She sang with girls trios and presented her own voice recitals. After marriage to her childhood sweetheart, who became a minister, she faithfully served along with him in churches in Illinois, Colorado and Indiana. They spent 22 years in Canada, where they were involved in an Iron curtain ministry. They retired back to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1991. Maxine was a member of the North Highlands Church of Christ in Fort Wayne, and lived at Golden Years Homestead, Fort Wayne, IN.
She is survived by a daughter, Marla McGee and husband Roger of Taylorsville, KY, one granddaughter, Mandi Guthrie and husband Kevin of Louisville, KY, one great-grandson, Grant Guthrie, three great-granddaughters, Janae Guthrie, Kori Guthrie and Ashlyn Guthrie, all of Louisville, KY.
Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Wanda Lucille Marlow and her husband, Charles and two grandsons, Matthew and Jeremy McGee.
Preferred memorials to: Golden Years Homestead, 3136 Geoglein Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 or North Highlands Church of Christ, 1414 Archer Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.
Commitment will be at the Pinckneyville Cemetery, Pinckneyville, IL.
Memorial service will be at North Highlands Church of Christ, Dec 12, at 2:00pm.