Dorsey, Marilyn C. Segle

 (Age 74) Passed away peacefully in her sleep March 
20, 2010 in Spokane, WA. She was born October 1st, 
1935 to Floyd (Red) and Aune Segle in Chehalis WA. 
Marilyn was an only child raised in Olympia, WA where 
she attended Olympia High School. There she was the 
head majorette and graduated in 1953. She went on to 
attend Washington State University where she was the 
only woman ever to be accepted on a 
footballscholarship. She was not a football player but 
the head majorette that led the band at all of the 
Cougar football games. She was a member of the 
Sigma Kappa sorority. She married Tommy W. Dorsey 
and moved to Tekoa, WA where she taught baton 
twirling lessons. She was a member of the Tekoa P.E.O. 
She and Tommy raised a son and a daughter in Tekoa 
before they divorced and she moved to Reno Nevada. 
She worked at Harrah'sCasino for many years before 
moving to Spokane to be near her children, where she 
worked for Washington Mutual and Travelers Insurance 
until January 2010. She was a member of the Red Hat 
Society. She is survived by her son T.A. Dorsey and 
her daughter Dana Hale, T.A.'s wife Erin and daughter 
Delaney, Dana's daughters Cassidy and Fallon. In lieu 
of flowers please donate to the Hospice of Spokane, 
121 S. Arthur St., Spokane, WA 99202. A Memorial 
service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 26th 
at Hennessey Valley Funeral Home, 1315 N. Pines Rd., 
Spokane Valley. Please sign Marilyn's online 
guestbook at www.hennesseyfuneralhomes.com. 
Arrangements have been entrusted to: 

Published in Spokesman-Review from March 24 to 
March 25, 2010