Marjory Ann (Marnie) Parrott Force 1924-2010

FORCE, PARROTT, SCHULTE, BUCKINGHAM, JENSEN, JACOBY, MITCHELL, MEYER

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 11/21/2014 at 12:19:33

Marjory "Marnie" Ann Force
August 26, 1924
March 6, 2010

Marjory Ann (Marnie) Force, age 85 of Litchfield Park, AZ died Thursday, March 6, 2010 at the Hospice of Arizona in Peoria, AZ.

Memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the United Methodist Church in Sibley, with Pastor Doug Noonkester officiating.

Burial will take place prior to the memorial service with family and friends meeting at 9:00 a.m. at the Holman Township Cemetery of Sibley.

Mrs. Force was born at Sibley, IA, on August 26, 1924, the youngest of three daughters, to Dr. and Mrs. O.K. Parrott. She graduated from the Sibley High School in 1942, where she had been an accomplished pianist, playing for all the school musicals and at graduation was awarded the extracurricular activity girl. She attended Texas Technical College in Lubbock, TX, with cousins, Audrey Attig (Schulte), Frances Buckingham (Jensen) and sister, Gertrude Parrott (Jacoby).

Here she met her husband, Richard (Dick) Force. They were married in the Sibley Methodist Church on April 14, 1946.

While her husband completed his education at Morningside College, she was a secretary for George Allen, who later coached the Washington Redskins.

After graduation, Dick became a member of the Sioux City Swift Company. Through the years there were transfers from Sioux City, to Denver, CO, to Chicago, IL and in 1968 they moved to Litchfield Park, AZ.

Marnie worked as the executive secretary to Agua Fria Union High School District Superintendent for more than twenty years.

She is survived by her two daughters, Connie Mitchell of Crestline, CA and Carol Force of Romeo, MI; two sisters, Gloria Meyer of Sibley, IA and Gertrude Jacoby of Jupiter, FL; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and four nephews and many cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Richard.

Jurrens Funeral Home