- Date Of Birth: September 19, 1929
- Date Of Death: July 3, 2022
- State: Connecticut
A Ridgefield resident since 2015, Marianne Wattley, 92, passed away on July 3, 2022. Marianne had previously lived in Englewood NJ for 42 years and her husband was the late Ralph P. Wattley, president and owner of a graphic design company in New York City specializing in corporate literature. Marianne grew up in Decatur, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Edward and Madalene Lines Milnes. A 1946 National Honor Society graduate of Decatur High School, she attended Gulf Park Junior College for women in Gulfport, Mississippi and then majored in history and drama at Millikin University, graduating in 1951 with a BA degree. Marianne loved her music and dance classes at the Millikin Conservatory.
She worked at CBS, to become known as the Tiffany network, in NYC in the Presentation Department from 1951 to 1957.
She and her husband appreciated the music, theater, and art programs available in the NYC area and the beginning Harms Theater (now Bergen PAC) in Englewood. She was active with the American Association of University Women in Decatur, at the Illinois state and in D.C.
Marianne spent the last 4 years at Ridgefield Crossings and was active as president of the Residents Council and a member of the welcoming and library committees. She also thoroughly enjoyed classes in writing, poetry, painting and film at Founders Hall. Relatives include three nephews, Clifford, Glenn, and Wayne Wattley, grand and great grand nieces and nephews, and many Milnes relatives in the Midwest.
Marianne and the family are very grateful to the caring aides and staff at Ridgefield Crossings and the RVNA.
