Family members say St. Paul school board chair Marny Xiong died early Sunday following a month-long battle with COVID-19.
The announcement was made on the family's GoFundMe page:
Our hearts are in pieces as we share the news that our beloved daughter and sister, Marny Xiong, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2020 following a month long courageous battle with the Coronavirus. We prepared a celebration for her return and waited, and waited but she never came home. We prayed and prayed for a miracle but none was granted.Marny Xiong, 31, grew up on the Eastside of St. Paul and was a proud student of St. Paul Public Schools. She attended Longfellow Elementary, Washington Middle School, and Arlington High School, graduating with class of 2007. She graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a BA in Political Science and a minor in African and African American Studies in 2012. She was a School Administrative Manager at Hmong International Academy in the Minneapolis Public Schools District.
Xiong was first elected to the St. Paul school board in 2017, and became board chair earlier this year.
I knew what Marny stood for, and I will continue to honor her beloved SPPS students, families and community members. Marny’s fierce determination for equity & her loving heart will be with me forever.Please keep the Xiong family and all who knew & loved Marny in your prayers. 2/2
— Joe Gothard, Ed.D. (@JoeGothard) June 7, 2020Funeral arrangements are not made.
