Marjorie Lois (Eyerly) Souder (2012)

EYERLY, MCCOMB, PRICE, SCHULZ, SOUDER, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 9/6/2012 at 22:14:48

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Marjorie Souder, Osage

Marjorie Lois (Eyerly) Souder, 96, of Osage died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. 

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the United Church of Christ in Osage with the Rev. Duane A. Lookingbill officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Floyd. Visitation is from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Friday, Aug. 17, at Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage. 

Marjorie Lois Eyerly was born on Jan. 5, 1916, the fourth child of Loren and Emma (McComb) Eyerly, at Hammil, SD, where her parents homesteaded. At the age of two years, she moved with her family to rural Winterset, Iowa, where she attended rural school and graduated from Winterset High School in 1933. She attended Iowa School of Beauty Culture in Des Moines after which she was a beautician in Winterset. On Nov. 16, 1941, she was married to Ralph Souder on her family farm near Winterset. They farmed at Rockwell City for two years and then moved to Floyd County, where they farmed for almost 60 years. Marjorie was an active member of the United Church of Christ (Congregational) in Osage. She was a Cub Scout den mother, a member of the Floyd County Extension Council, Rudd Quilters, TOPS Inc. and Floyd Fantasia Singers. She was a charter member of the Floyd County Cowbelles. Marjorie was also a member of the State Cattlewomen and was State Historian. She was a beautician at Riverside Chautauqua Guest Home for a number of years. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph; two brothers, Merwin and Carroll Eyerly; three sisters, Doris Schulz, Vivian Williams and Virginia Price; and many nieces and nephews. 

She is survived by her sons, Charles Souder of rural Rudd, and Edward Souder of Osage; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

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