Marjorie L. Wurzbacher

Marjorie Lorene Wurzbacher, 81, Moorhead, MN, died on Thursday, October 06, 2005, in Innovis Health, Fargo, ND.Marjorie Lorene Wurzbacher was born on October 30, 1923, in Unionville, Missouri, to Earl and Norma Burns Gillum. She grew up and graduated from high school there. She went to Seattle, WA, and worked at the Naval Air Station during WWII. It was there that she met the love of her life, Frank Wurzbacher, and they were married on October 6, 1944, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church in East Grand Forks, MN, where they made their home following his honorable discharge from military service. They moved to Moorhead, MN, in 1952 and lived there until 1969, when they moved to Sartell, MN, as Frank was transferred with the railroad. Frank died on June 10, 1992, and she returned to Moorhead, MN. For the past three years, she had been living with her daughter, Catherine Stockstad in Moorhead. Marjorie Lorene was a loving mother and grandmother, and she loved helping others, she was always so concerned about everyone else, even when she was sick. She loved nature and the outdoors, gardening, fishing, golfing or attending her grandchildren's and great-grandchildren's sporting events. She was an outdoors person who much preferred to be barefoot. She was a private person who put her faith in God to care for all. She volunteered with Hospice of the Red River Valley and was a member of the Christian Mothers and Catholic Daughters.Marjorie is survived by two sons, Charles, Phoenix, AZ, and Mike Liz, Fargo, ND; two daughters, Catherine Stockstad, Moorhead, MN, and Deborah Wurzbacher, Fargo, ND; fianc? Lee Fonder, Fargo, ND; two sisters, Mildred Gary Dixon, Tehachapi, California, and Mary Trask, Unionville, Missouri; four grandchildren, Lisa Brandon Driscoll, Moorhead, MN, Jamie Kaseman, Fargo, ND, Jessica and Jeremiah Wurzbacher, Fargo, ND; and five great grandchildren, Chase, Gage, Greta, Madalynn, and Isaac.