Individual Details

Marjorie Pescheck

(March 31, 1920 - March 14, 2002)

Marjorie M. Kemper, 81
Melrose, Mar. 14, 2002

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Marjorie Kemper, who died Thursday at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.

Marjorie Kemper was born in Getty Township, Stearns County, to Frank and Josephine (Ackerman) Pesheck. She married Leo Kemper on October 26, 1943 at Saint John's Catholic Church in Meire Grove. The couple farmed near Melrose until 1982. She enjoyed babysitting her grandchildren, gardening, playing cards, crafts, quilting and crocheting. She was a member of Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, where she spent many hours doing volunteer work, Christian Mothers, and the Monday Afternoon Solo Club.

Survivors include her husband, Leo Kemper of Melrose; children, Lucy (Walt) Rau of Sauk Rapids, Karen (Bill) Massmann of Melrose, Dave "Whitey" (Sharon) Kemper of Melrose, Dorie (Al) of Champlain, Maggie (Ken) Thull of Long Prairie, Sharon Kemper of Minneapolis, Mary (Kevin Rutherford) Kemper of Rockford; grandchildren, Cindy, Paul, Brian and John Massmann, Todd and Tom Kemper, Erik, Steve and Becky Heinen, Missy and Mindy Thull; great-grandchildren, Taylor and Taryn Kemper, Dakota and Adrian Massmann.

She was preceded in death by twin brothers, Jim and Vern Pesheck.

Events

BirthMarch 31, 1920Getty Twp., Stearns Co., MN
MarriageOctober 26, 1943Meire Grove, Stearns Co., MN - Leo Kemper
DeathMarch 14, 200256378 Sauk Centre, Stearns Co., MN

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