Individual Details
Marjorie June Parker
(5 Apr 1924 - 21 Nov 2000)
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Massachusetts, November 27, 2000. Naples, Florida. - Marjorie Parker Lenk Kneale,76, of Naples, died Tuesday at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis of complications resulting from a fall. She was the wife of Donald C. Kneale. Mrs. Kneale was born in Buffalo, N.Y. She attended the Buffalo Seminary, graduated from Stephens College and studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. She was a lifelong artist who worked in a variety of media including painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, cartoons and filmmaking. Her work had been exhibited in numerous galleries in Naples, Washington and Cape Cod. Mrs. Kneale's interest in art extended to teaching and arts administration. She was the founder and director of the Lexington School of Modern Dance. She directed the Cellar Door Cinema, which produced award-winning films created by children. A film she produced with local children at the Osterville Library received the American Library Association's John Cotton Dana Award for best public relations for public libraries in 1972. She was a member of the Wianno Club, the Oyster Harbors Club, the Beach Club, the Wianno Yacht Club, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Naples Museum of Art, and the Von Liebeg Art Center in Naples. Surviving besides her husband are three sons, Robert P. Lenk of Willis, Texas, Christopher T. Lenk of Concord and Geoffrey F. Lenk of East Sandwich; a daughter, Elissa L. Forsythe of Brookline; six grandchildren; and her former husband, Robert E. Lenk. Services are private. A memorial service is planned for next spring. Memorial donations may be made to the Cape Museum of Fine Arts or to the Osterville Free Library.
Events
| Birth | 5 Apr 1924 | New York |  | ||
| Death | 21 Nov 2000 | Hyannis, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts | | ||
| Burial | Private | |
Families
| Spouse | Robert Edwin Lenk (1917 - 2011) |
| Child | Robert P. Lenk ( - ) |
| Child | Christopher T. Lenk ( - ) |
| Child | Elilssa L. Lenk ( - ) |
| Child | Geoffrey F. Lenk ( - ) |
| Spouse | Donald C. Kneale ( - 2000) |
| Father | Karr Parker (1892 - 1986) |
| Mother | Enid Marie Sympson (1892 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Karr Parker Jr. (1920 - 1991) |
Endnotes
1. 1930 Census Erie Co., New York.
2. Social Security Death Index.
3. Cape Cod Times, Obituary of Marjorie Parker Lenk Neale (n.p: 27 Nov 2000, n.d).
4. Obituary of Majjorie June Park Lenk Kneale, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Massachusetts, November 27, 2000.