Marian Leigh
May 8, 1931-November 3, 2017
Marian Leigh, 86,
Bismarck, ND, formerly of
Minot, ND, passed away
Friday, November 3, 2017,
at her daughter’s home in
Bismarck.
Marian Rose Shattun
was born May 8, 1931, the
daughter of Samuel and
Ida (Mock) Shattun, in
Kief, ND. As a young girl,
she lived in both San
Francisco, CA and Flint,
MI before the family
moved to Minot in 1946.
Marian married Duane
Leigh on March 11, 1949
in Minot. They made their
home in Minot and from
this union five children
were born: Gorman, De-
borah, Marsha, Jeffrey and
Kimberly.
In 1961, Duane started
Leigh Painting, for which
Marian did the bookkeep-
ing until her retirement in
1994. Marian and Duane
then moved to Butte, ND,
where they lived during
the winters. They spent
most of their summers at
their cabin on Strawberry
Lake, south of Ruso, ND,
where they enjoyed
spending time with their
family and grandchildren.
Duane passed away on
April 6, 2000. Following
his passing, Marian
moved back to Minot,
where she resided until
May of this year when she
moved to Bismarck to be
with her daughter
Kimberly.
Surviving family in-
cludes:
Children, Gorman
(Suzanne) Leigh, Miles
City, MT, Deborah (Terry)
Lykken, Rapid City, SD,
Marsha (Joe) Reutter,
Chehalis, WA and Kim
(Sean) Conway, Bismarck;
grandchildren, Morgan
Leigh, Travis and Clint
Lykken, Nicole Herber,
Jeremiah and Theron
Reutter, Ashleigh and
Christopher Conway and
Kyle Walter; 8
great-grandchildren; sis-
ter, Betty Rhodes, Elk
Grove, CA; and numerous
nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Marian was preceded
in death by: her parents;
husband, Duane Leigh;
son, Jeffrey Leigh; grand-
daughter, Sterling Leigh;
brothers, Richard, Robert
and LeRoy Shattun; sister,
Dorothy Heille; and her
infant twin sisters, Dar-
lene and Marleen Shattun.
Funeral: Friday, No-
vember 10, 2017, at 11:00
a.m. at Thompson-Larson
Funeral Home, Minot,
ND.
Interment: Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot,
ND.
Visitation: There will
be no reviewal, but
friends are invited to sign
the register book an hour
before the service.
Those wishing to sign
the online register and
share memories may ac-
cess the online obituaries
section at
(www.thompson
larson.com).