OBITUARY: Marjory Louise Narum, 1917-2003, Worth county, Iowa

[ Adapted from Northwood Anchor online - posted Dec. 3, 2003 ]



                         Marjory Louise Nelson

Marjory Louise Nelson, 86, of Northwood, Iowa, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003
at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood, Iowa.  Memorial services
were Saturday at the First Lutheran Church in Northwood with Rev. Paul
Holmer officiating. Inurnment was at Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood.

Marjory was born Feb. 1, 1917 in Northwood to Carl Julius Narum and
Ida Matilda (Klove) Narum. She was raised in Worth County and attended
school in Northwood. After graduating from high school she attended
the University of Utah. She joined the Navy after Pearl Harbor and was
stationed in Washington, D.C. serving in Naval Intelligence. After
serving her country she returned to Northwood and married Milford
Nelson. Two children was born to this union.

She was a bookkeeper for her husband's business. She also worked as
a secretary for a local insurance agency and as a parish secretary at
First Lutheran. She was known for her talent in hardanger, in which,
she also taught classes.

Survivors include two sons, Bruce N. Nelson, Crowley, Texas, and Rev.
Lee A. Nelson, Northwood; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren;
one sister, C. Janet Narum; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Milford in 1977,
and one brother, John Carlyle Narum in 1933.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, was in charge of arrangements.
 
                            

  Copyright 2003, K.L. Kittleson