Marian Foy Kahle, 95, entered Heaven’s gates on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Bowers Hospice House in Beckley, surrounded by her loving family.

Born October 13, 1930, in Iowa Falls, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Clinton Culver and Gertrude Dighton Culver.

Marian graduated from St. Paul Bible Institute in 1950 and married Walter Kahle on July 3, 1956. She worked at Rockford Can Company until its closing in 1982. Following the closing, she began teaching at Hendersonville Christian Academy in the fall semester of the same year. Teaching was her passion and she dedicated herself to it until her retirement. Once retired, she cared for several special needs individuals and their family members. A lifelong Christian and witness for Christ, she remained so until her last days of life.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Kahle; a daughter, Deborah Baxter; and her sister, Peggy Hurst.

She is survived by her son, Doug Kahle of Rockford, IL; daughters, Donna Peterson and husband Randy of Pineville, WV and Diane Spivey and husband Wayne of Seymour, TN; eleven grandchildren; and twenty-four great-grandchildren.

Marian will be greatly missed by her family and friends but, we know she is now with her Savior. 

Grave Side services will be at 3pm Friday May 22, 2026 at Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home Machesney Park Illinois.

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