Marilyn Kay Lynam, M.D., passed away on October 6, 2025 in Greenville, Delaware surrounded by her family. She was born in 1945 in the Wilmington General Hospital to Paul and Helen (Murray) Lynam. A proud Delawarean, she lived in Wilmington for her entire life. She graduated from John Dickinson High School in 1963, the University of Delaware in 1967, and received an M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia in 1971. She completed a pediatric residency at the Wilmington Medical Center in 1974 and practiced pediatrics in the Pike Creek area (Pike Creek Pediatrics) for 42 years. She retired in 2016 in order to spend more time with her grandsons, who brought her immense joy right up to her passing.
On her retirement she volunteered at Read Aloud Delaware, reading weekly to children at the Bush School. She was active in the Friends of the University of Delaware Library. She was also a big supporter of the Blue Hens football team as a season ticket holder for over fifty years, always sitting on the fifty-yard line in row HH, at the top of Section D.
She was an active member of Concord Presbyterian Church and served as a Deacon. She also taught Sunday school there for twenty years.
Kay held her family extremely close. She was also an avid traveler and recently organized a trip to Norway for her family. She loved going to Ocean City, NJ every summer with her siblings, children, and extended family.
She was predeceased by her parents. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Alan Jewett; her children Jennifer Jewett Misra (Abhishek) of Scottsdale, AZ and Christopher Jewett (Joanna Smutzler) of Collingswood, NJ; her grandsons Miles Jewett, Nico Jewett, Jai Misra, Ronan Misra and Armaan Misra; and her siblings Patricia Yeatman of West Grove, PA, Gregg Lynam of Washington, D.C., Valerie Swift (Brian) of Fair Hill, MD, and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
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