Marion Kaye Vinton
Marion Vinton
YANKTON, S.D. — Marion Kaye Vinton, 84, Yankton, S.D., died Nov. 17, 2022, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton.
No local services will be held. Burial will take place in Forest Lawn, Cypress, Calif., at a later date.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz and Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Yankton.
A Celebration of Life will be held at Legacy Church Fellowship, Buena Park, Calif., Dec. 10, at 11 a.m.
Marion Kaye Vinton was born Feb. 16, 1938, in Long Beach, Calif., to Walter and Muriel (Stipp) Vinton. As a youngster, his family moved to state of Washington, where Marion graduated from high school. He received his associate of arts degree at St. Martin’s College, Olympia, Wash., with a major in business. He also received a certificate of completion at Northwest Schools in Portland, Ore., with a major in industrial management.
Marion loved drumming and played with many country music stars in Oklahoma and Texas through the 1960s. He returned to California in 1970, and married JoAnn Wade in 1971 until her passing in 1996. He worked for Petrolane Gas Company, Signal Hill, Calif., until it was sold to Texas Eastern in 1986. During his years with Petrolane, Marion was active in the Rotary Club of Signal Hill where he served as President. He then went to work in 1986 for Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, where he worked as the Director of Construction and Security until his retirement in 2009. He married Kathy Forinash May 30, 1998, in Long Beach. They moved to Southaven, Miss., where he was very active as a volunteer at Baptist Memorial Hospital. They moved to Hartington, in 2018 and built their home by Lewis and Clark Lake in Yankton. They moved into their home in October 2021.
Marion was a very caring, generous man who was always on the go and always wanted to make life better for others. He enjoyed working on his lawn and restoring his 1931 Chevy and 1950 Hudson.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy Vinton, Yankton, S.D.; daughter, Renee (Michael) Donahoe, Garden Grove, Calif.; and granddaughter, Nicole Donahoe.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Walter Vinton; and two sisters, Dorothy Mercer and Helen Stanley.