Marilyn Crockett-Ruppert Obituary Marilyn Louise Crockett-Ruppert passed from this life Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Lubbock, Texas. She was born into this life Monday, November 30, 1936 to Ewing Glenn and Dorothea Mildred (Henning) Hazlett in Winamac, Indiana. Marilyn attended high school in Beloit, WI; and attended San Marcos College, Texas. She married William Roy Crockett III in 1957, and for a short time was a homemaker. Marilyn later returned to college and a received a degree in Architectural Drafting from Draughons Business College. She worked with several Lubbock home builders throughout the 1970's. Marilyn retired from Texas Instruments in 1982, and moved to New Mexico. She returned to the Lubbock area in 1995; settling in Wolfforth, to be near her children and grandchildren. In her spare time, Marilyn enjoyed drawing and painting. Marilyn was a loving wife and mother; she was a caretaker of many pets throughout her life time. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lowell Ruppert, and a sister, Betty Lou Smith. Marilyn is survived by three sons William Ewing Crockett, Thomas Duane Crockett of Lubbock and Robert A. Crockett of Dumas, and a daughter Tamera Jay Crockett of Lubbock; a brother William Hazlett of Austin; three sisters, twin sister Carolyn Mallory of Fair Oak, CA., Sharon Smith of Florida, and Gretchin Self of CA. The family suggests memorial contributions, in honor of Marilyn, to the Alzheimer's Association, www.alz.org/westtexas, where you can donate online or by mail to 4687 North Mesa, Suite 200, El Paso, TX 79912. Arrangements were entrusted to Agape Funeral Chapel, www.agapefuneralchapel.com.