Marjorie Ione Nubson Ziegler, of Basehor, KS, died in the early hours of her 92nd birthday on January 15, 2019. She was born to Nels and Mildred Nubson on a farm in Foster County near Glenfield, ND on January 15, 1927. The family moved to Carrington, ND after losing their farm during the Great Depression. Marjorie graduated from Carrington High School in 1945. After working many odd jobs to pay for her education, she received her library science and teaching degrees from Valley City State Teachers College in 1948, and fulfilled her dream of becoming a teacher. She and her roommate, Ruth Hoerauf, mailed cookies in a care package to a couple of Ruth’s friends, soldiers serving in the Korean War. This led to Marjorie meeting Victor Ziegler, and they were married June 17, 1956 in Fargo, ND. They lived many places during their marriage: Bismarck, ND, Blythe, CA, Lincoln and Omaha, NE, and Shawnee and Basehor, KS. They made good friends and influenced many people wherever their travels took them; Marjorie as a teacher, Victor as an engineer. They were excellent role models to their family and friends and always volunteered at their church and various community organizations.
Marj was a loving wife, mother and friend. She loved to tell stories, most often over a weak cup of coffee at the kitchen table. Her most popular stories included tales of teaching in one-room school houses in rural Montana and North Dakota, experiencing blizzards, remodeling rental properties, and raising cattle, horses, chickens, cats, pugs, and their last dog, Rattle, an Australian cattle dog. She truly had a green thumb and loved gardening, and especially collecting and growing many varieties of beautiful irises. She was a master bridge player and an avid seamstress. Even as her health declined, she insisted on “earning her keep” by making many throw pillows. The family expresses many thanks and gratitude to the health care professionals that helped throughout the years, most recently the staff at Medicalodges in Eudora, KS and the Visiting Nurses Hospice.
Marj, most of all, loved Jesus and her family. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Norman and her husband, Victor. She is survived by her son, Andrew Ziegler (Kim), her daughter, Victoria Lamb (Timothy), her grandsons: Alex Ziegler, Brenden Lamb, and Griffin Lamb, and her sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews. She was a life-long member of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.
Services will be on Friday, January 18, 2019 with visitation at 10:00 a.m.; and funeral service beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Risen Savior Lutheran Church 14700 Leavenworth Rd, Basehor KS with committal to follow at Glenwood Cemetery. A light lunch with be available at the Church after committal.
Tributes and condolences may be placed at http://www.aldenharrington.com/ . In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Risen Savior Lutheran Church, Basehor KS. Funeral arrangements were done by Alden-Harrington Funeral Home https://www.aldenharrington.com/