Marjorie Alyce (Olson) Stucky (1927 -
2014)
Obituary
NORTH NEWTON - Marjorie Alyce (Olson)
Stucky, 87, of North Newton, Kansas, passed away on December 25, 2014
at Kidron Bethel Health Care.
A memorial service will take place on
Saturday, January 31 at 10 a.m. at Bethel College Mennonite Church,
with New Creation Fellowship pastor Renee Kanagy officiating.
Fellowship will follow the service.
Marjorie was born in Cheyenne County,
Nebraska on June 11, 1927 to Amos and Lillian (Olson) Jobe. Marjorie
was the youngest of four siblings, and still a baby when their mother
passed away. She was adopted by her aunt and uncle, Rena and Elmer
Olson; the family of three lived on their farm near Kanorado, Kansas.
Marjorie graduated from Kanorado High
School in 1945 and attended college at Hays State University and
later Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. While still in college,
Marjorie began teaching grades 1 - 8 in a one-room schoolhouse and
attended college classes in summer school. She graduated from Bethel
College in 1952 with a degree in elementary education.
Marjorie then accepted a teaching
assignment in Puerto Rico through the Methodist Board of Missions and
Church Extension, and returned to marry Willard (Bill) Stucky on
August 8, 1954 in Goodland, Kansas.
Marjorie taught for three years in
Moundridge and McPherson until their son Alan was born. The family
then moved to Mexico where Bill served as a missionary in an
agricultural program and where their daughter Jonita (Jo) was born.
From there they moved to Elkhart, Indiana where Bill attended
seminary. As the mother of two, Marjorie was a very happy homemaker
and continued substitute teaching.
Upon Bill's graduation from seminary,
the couple served Mennonite churches in Deer Creek, Oklahoma;
Liberal, Kansas; Turpin, Oklahoma; and Fort Collins, Colorado. While
in Liberal, Marjorie served for four years as the director of
Sunshine Center, and from 1974 - 1984, Bill and Marjorie were
co-directors of Camp Mennoscah near Murdock, Kansas. In 1990 they
moved permanently to North Newton, Kansas where they continued
gardening, cooking, and spending time with family and friends. They
were active members of New Creation Fellowship Church.
In 2011, the couple moved to Kidron
Bethel as residents of health care. Even after her husband's passing
in 2013, Marjorie brightened Kidron's halls with her beautiful smile.
Marjorie passed away from pneumonia on Christmas morning, 2014.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her
husband Willard, parents Rena and Elmer Olson, birth parents Lillian
and Amos Jobe, three siblings from her birth family, Rowena, Francis,
and Vivian, and sters-in-law and brothers-in-law Carl and Linda
Oberst, Sara and Jake Daum, Paul and Rosalie Stucky, Harry and Bertha
Reimer, Martha Stucky, Mary and Menno Doerksen, and Ed Thiessen.
Marjorie leaves behind two children and
their families: Alan and Mellina Stucky, and grandchildren Addison,
Holden, and Ferrell of Denton, Texas; and Jo and Brian Suderman of
Gardiner, Montana and grandson Aaron of Billings, Montana;
sisters-in-law and brother-in-law Elizabeth and Wayne Belknap and
Margaret Thiessen; and many beloved nieces, nephews, and friends.
Countless friends will remember
Marjorie's gentle, loving spirit. Her beautiful smile and sparkling
eyes were a gift to all.
Memorial gifts may be contributed to
New Creation Fellowship Church, Kidron Bethel Health Care, or Camp
Mennoscah.
