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Valerie Allen Marland (June 16, 1917 – October 22, 1977) was the wife of former
governor of West Virginia A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...
William C. Marland and served as that state's
First Lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...
1953–1957. She was born in
Lacon, Illinois Lacon is a city in, and the county seat of, Marshall County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,937 at the 2010 census, down from 1,979 in 2000. History Lacon was named ...
, and married Marland in 1942. As first lady, she dedicated most of her time raising their four children. After former governor Marland lost an election to the
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in 1958, the family moved to
Barrington, Illinois Barrington is a village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,722 at the 2020 census. A northwest suburb of Chicago, the area features wetlands, forest preserves, parks, and horse trails in a country-s ...
, where Valerie Marland became a
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English teacher. The Marlands returned to West Virginia in 1965, but William Marland died of cancer shortly thereafter. Valerie Marland returned to Barrington, where she was killed in an apartment fire in 1977."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marland, Valerie Allen 1917 births 1977 deaths People from Lacon, Illinois First ladies and gentlemen of West Virginia 20th-century American women