Greer, Marjorie Emma (1926 - 2014)

GREER, MCKEON, NASH, SMITH, BLUM, BRUCK, MERKLE, STEENHUSEN, CLEMONS, LONOWSKI, HOFFMAN, WEIHS, LEINEN, SCHUMACHER, KIMMEN, HOFFMAN, WEIHS, SMITH

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 7/8/2014 at 13:59:34

Name of deceased: Marjorie Emma Greer (nee Schumacher)

Aged: 88 yrs, 3 mo, 1 day

Residence: Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Born: April 4, 1926, Defiance, IA

Died: July 5, 2014, Elm Crest Retirement Community, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Thursday, July 10, 2014, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA

Survived by: Sons, Dennis (spouse, Nancy) Greer, of Harlan, IA, and Brian (spouse, Shelly) Greer of Boise, ID; daughters, Shari McKeon Nash (spouse, Doug) of Rutledge, TN, Kay Smith of Hawarden, IA, Vicky (spouse, Mike) Blum of Council Bluffs, IA, Donna (spouse, Bruce) Bruck of Bloomington, MN, Peggy (spouse, Brian) Merkle of Idaho Falls, ID, Patty (spouse, Paul) Steenhusen of Harlan, IA, Sandy Greer and her fiancé, Craig Clemons of Harlan, IA, and Dale (spouse, Doug) Lonowski, of Ellensburg, WA; sisters, Mildred Hoffmann of Panama, IA, Dorothy Hoffmann of Bennington, NE and JoAnn (spouse, Wilfred) Weihs, of Harlan, IA; 34 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren

Predeceased by: Parents, Thomas and Helena (nee Leinen) Schumacher; husband, Merle (deceased November 1995); sisters, Hilda Kimmen, Viola Hoffmann, and Florence Schumacher; brothers, Charles, Vernon, and Melvin Schumacher; son-in-law, Robert Smith

Education: Had perfect attendance the entire 12 years she spent at St. Paul’s Catholic School, Defiance, IA. After her graduation, she attended Iowa State Teachers College in Missouri Valley, IA for 3 months.

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Defiance, IA

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Merle Greer; Jan. 2, 1947; location not provided

Employment: After attending Iowa State Teachers College, she taught Kindergarten through Grade 8 at Gurley 4 Country School in rural Defiance for 2 years; she then married and became a homemaker and mother.

Hobbies/Interests: gardening, sewing, square dancing, baking, playing cards, scrapbooking, and putting puzzles together

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com