Marilyn A. Bottorff

Bottorff Marilyn A. (Mau) Bottorff, 73, of Bourbonnais, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at Riverside Medical Center. She was born November 29, 1951 in Kankakee to Albert and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Mau. Marilyn married Rev. David Bottorff on June 19, 1982, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kankakee. Marilyn grew up in rural Herscher. She graduated from Herscher High School in 1969, and Illinois State University in 1973 with a degree in music education. God used Marilyn to reach out to people through her musical abilities as an elementary music teacher in Herscher, leader of a children’s choir at St. John Lutheran Church in Darien, and most of all, caring for special needs children as a teacher’s aide in the Hinsdale school system for 18 years. Marilyn attended Trinity Lutheran Church in Herscher from birth, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kankakee, IL through 1987, and St. John Lutheran Church in Darien, IL from 1987-2018 and again in retirement at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Kankakee since 2018. Marilyn is survived by her husband David of Bourbonnais, and two sons and daughters-in-law, Benjamin (Stephanie) Bottorff of Bolingbrook, and Samuel (Melissa) Bottorff of Bradley. She is also survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Gloria (Richard) Mannel, of Omaha, NE, a brother and sister-in-law, Richard (Rita) Mau of DesPlaines, IL, two sisters-in-law, Janet Mau of Herscher, and Ruth Bottorff of Crown Point, IN; nephews and nieces, Christopher (Lindsey) Mannel, Scott (Abby) Mannel, Johnathan (Sheri) Mau, Michael (Nichole) Mau, Avery (Moriah) Mau, Zachary (Haley) Mau, and Sophia Mau, Jonathan (Nicole) Bottorff, Nathan Bottorff, and Rebecca Bottorff, an aunt, Marianne Mau; several great-nephews and nieces, and cousins. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Robert Mau, and brothers-in-law, Christopher Bottorff and Mark Bottorff. Visitation will take place on Friday, November 7, from 4 PM - 8 PM at Jensen’s Funeral Home in Kankakee, and on Saturday, November 8, from 9 AM-11 AM at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Kankakee, followed by the 11 AM service. Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Mission and Ministry Center.