Obit for DEWHURST, Marjorie A. (b.1912 d.2004), St. Louis Co., MN
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Marjorie A. Dewhurst, 92, of Biwabik dies


Marjorie A. Dewhurst, 92, of Biwabik died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, in the 
White Community Hospital in Aurora. 

She was born March 3, 1912, in Ely to Frank and Johana (Zunich) Peshel. 
She was a graduate of Ely High School and later married Bartlett Dewhurst 
in 1934. They resided in Ely until 1943, when the family moved to 
Biwabik. Marge worked as a seamstress for the Cluett Peabody Shirt 
Factory in Gilbert and as a cashier at Nick Talus' Food Market in 
Biwabik. 

She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church and its Council of 
Catholic Women, the Slovenian Women's Union, Biwabik Senior Citizens, the 
Biwabik American Legion Auxiliary and the Biwabik Garden Club. She was a 
50-year member of the Women's Life Insurance-Ely Chapter and the American 
Fraternal Union of Ely. Marge's family would like to thank the Lighthouse 
for the Blind and all of her neighbors and close friends for helping her 
to keep her independence during her nearly 15 years of blindness. 

Survivors include her sons, Frank (Barb) of Austin, TX, Ronald (Carol) of 
Biwabik and Gerald (Shirley) of Anchorage, AK; 17 grandchildren; 30 
great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces 
and nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bartlett; daughter, 
Ruth Noreen; son, David Alan Dewhurst; and sisters, Fannie, Ann and 
Mayme. 

Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church 
in Biwabik, with the Rev. David Forsman as celebrant. Burial will be in 
Lakeside Cemetery in Eveleth.