Marilyn Odell, 91, of Slater, died Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Glasgow Gardens in Glasgow.

Graveside services will be Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, with Rev. Robert Sisney officiating.  Friends may call Tuesday morning at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.  Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donor’s choice in care of the funeral home.

Born August 29, 1929 in Henrietta, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Irene Keel Dailey.  On June 22, 1947 in Richmond, she married Marvin E. Odell, and he preceded her in death on January 27, 2005.

She is survived by a son, Gene Odell of Shawnee, Kansas; two daughters, Connie Holt and her husband Gene of Slater, and Rita Carpenter of Safford, Arizona; five granddaughters; two step-grandchildren; two great-granddaughters; five step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Ronald Dean Dailey of Lebanon, Tennessee; a sister, Cheryl Lynn Slobodnik of Kansas City, Missouri; and numerous nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by one brother and one sister.

Mrs. Odell was a member of the First Baptist Church of Slater.  She was a 1947 graduate of Richmond High School.  She and her husband owned and operated Odell’s Restaurant and Fox Den in Slater from 1962 until their retirement in 1996.  Following her retirement, she worked at Generations in Marshall for ten years; and also worked at ConAgra Frozen Foods in Marshall; and the Grapevine Restaurant in Slater.  She was known as a gracious and charming hostess.