Marilyn Ann Braun, age 84 of Celina, Ohio passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater.

She was born on June 26, 1935 in Celina, Ohio to the late Matthew and Mary (Mertz) Fleck. On June 11, 1960 she married John W. Braun, who died Feb. 26, 2012.

She is survived by her four children Tom (Sandy) Braun of Celina, Kathy (Neal) Klosterman of Montezuma, Tim (Tonya) Braun of Celina, and Linda Wilson of Avon, Indiana. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren Amanda (Kevin) Farson, Ryan (April) Braun, Elizabeth (Joe) Braun, Eric (Jess) Braun, Allison (Kelly) Braun, Chad (Kayla) Braun, Mitch (Whitney) Klosterman, Greg (Kristi) Klosterman, Travis (Kylie) Klosterman, Nicole (Jack) Hartings, Lindsay Braun, Ashley Braun, Jeremy (Toni) Wilson and Tabitha (Chris) Parshley, twenty-three great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Also surviving is her brother and sister-in-law Jim (Connie) Fleck, sister-in-law Rosie Fleck, brother-in-law Jerry Braun all of Celina, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brothers and sister-in-laws Richard (Lucille) Fleck, Robert (Linda) Fleck, John (Irma) (Eileen) Fleck, Paul Fleck, Annalee Braun and her sister and brother-in-law Catherine (Ralph) Wenning.

She graduated from the Immaculate Conception Catholic High School with the Class of 1953. She retired from the Celina Insurance Group.

She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Celina, the Altar Rosary Society and St. Vincent DePaul. She was also a member of the Celina V.F.W. Post #5713 Auxiliary and of the Celina American Legion Post #210 Auxiliary.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29, 2020 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Celina with Fr. Tim McFarland C.PP.S. officiating. Burial will follow in the Mercer Memory Gardens Cemetery in Celina. Friends are invited to view the Mass of Christian Burial live on the Immaculate Conception website, celina-ic.org.

Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2020 and from 9:00-10:00 a.m. on Monday, at the Lehman-Dzendzel Funeral Home in Celina.

Attendees are asked to follow social distancing and guidelines dictated by the Ohio Department of Health, due to the National Health Concerns of COVID-19. Masks are suggested but not required by attendees at the Mass on Monday.

Memorial contributions may be made to the I.C. Endowment Fund.

Condolences may be shared with the Braun family at LehmanDzendzelFH.com.