Marjorie Stark's Obituary
Marjorie Erlene Stark, daughter of Terry Anderson and Edna Frances (Stewart) Adkins was born March 16, 1924 in Lesterville, Missouri. She was taken peacefully by our Lord to her Heavenly home on October 19, 2011 at the age of Eighty Seven years in the Hartville Care Center.
On November 29, 1947 she was united in marriage to Paul Elward Stark, and to this union two daughters and a son were born.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, Lois Dawn Maraman, Edna Louise Shropshire, an infant sister Elaine and an infant Brother.
Erlene, as she was called in Missouri, is survived by her Husband of sixty three years, Paul of the home, two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathleen Gail and David Karl Friburg of Walnut Creek California, Susan Jeanette and Floyd Edgar Smith Jr of Rogersville Missouri and son Donald Paul of the home. A Brother Thomas Adkins and wife Virginia of Marshfield and sister Janice Bass of Kansas City Missouri, Brother-in-law and Sister-In-Law Richard and Betty Laughlin of Turlock California, several nieces and nephews and also other relatives and friends
She was born in Lesterville, Missouri living there until 1935. Her family
moved to Wright County when she was eleven years old. She attended the Little Creek School then graduated from Hartville High School in June 1942.
That year she accompanied her family to San Francisco where her Father was employed during the war years. Erlene acquired the required credits in a school there to enter as an undergraduate at the University Of California in Berkeley California. She was also employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company Lost Baggage Department.
At wars end Terry, Edna, Thomas and Janice returned to Hartville Missouri. While attending the University of California she met her to-be husband Paul. While residing in Richmond, after their marriage, daughter and son, Kathleen and Donald were born. After Donald?s birth the now family of four moved to Walnut Creek, California when in 1953 daughter Susan was born.
Several years after retiring from the Telephone Company, Paul, Marjorie and Donald in 1994 moved into the vacant home of Terry and Edna Adkins, in Missouri.
Marjorie early in her life professed her faith in Christ and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hartville. She served many years as a Sunday School teacher in Walnut Creek California and in Hartville. She daily read the scriptures in Biblical Tracts and in the Bible, practicing God?s word in the raising of her three children. During their raising her Saturday nights were devoted to presenting her children in God?s Temple the next day with ironed clothes and shined shoes. In Walnut Creek she was the neighborhood Hair Dresser, Male Hair Cutter and Cake Decorator.
While in her devoted Caregiving of her Husbands invalid Mother and Aunt in a Convalescent Hospital for several years, she also spread cheerfulness and joy to many other of the residents.
As a Girl Scout troop leader she was loved by her young girls. On troop outings in a wilderness area, her determination by plant instruction to prevent the scouts from contracting Poison Oak in one instance resulted in only her contracting it. In Girl Scouts she was know as ?Warbler? because she loved to sing to the girls.
She loved to garden, especially flowers, to cook for her family and at family gatherings; her Yams and Ambrosia Salads were favorites of all. She also loved to observe her many wild birds and squirrels at her feeding stations.
She loved her family and her many friends. When even the smallest of a kindness or gesture of helpfulness was extended to her, she would always speak these repeated words ?Thank You Thank You Thank You? or ?you?re a blessing You?re a blessing You?re a blessing.
Marjorie Erlene truly will be missed. She was a beloved mother, wife, sister, daughter, aunt and dear friend to many dear friends.
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