Sunday, January 6, 2013

Marjorie J. Williams-Miller

Marjorie J. Williams-Miller, 90, Wabash, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 1:28 am at Bickford Cottages Assisted Living, Wabash, Indiana. She was born on March 15, 1922 to the late Mack Edward and Cecil Faye (Alexander) Johnson in Kokomo, Indiana.
She graduated from Somerset High School in 1940 and from the Accounting program at International Business College in 1941. She married Loren L. Williams on March 6, 1943 in Wabash, Indiana. Following the death of Loren on May 6, 1967, she married Kenneth H. Miller, in Wabash, Indiana on November 24, 1971. He passed away August 2, 1992. She married John J. Rasor on March 23, 2001.
Marjorie was a member of Wabash Friends Church. She worked as a bookkeeper for Leath Furniture and Wabash Magnetics in Wabash during the 1960's and 1970's. She owned and operated Pershing's Garden and Pet Store in Marion, Indiana during the 1980's before retiring to spend her winters in Tampa and Maderia Beach, Florida, for 20 plus years. She enjoyed gardening, watching baseball and basketball games, playing cards, fishing, and collecting shells and bird houses.
She is survived by a son, Steven (Carol) Williams of Peru, IN; a daughter, Linda Williams-Kirby of Fort Wayne, IN; three grandchildren, Angela Kirby-Faught, St. Louis, Mo, Kristina Williams, LaFontaine, IN, Brian Williams, Tuscon, AZ; 2 great grandchildren, Dylan and Ryan Faught, St. Louis, MO; and two sisters, Betty Sims, Kokomo, IN, and Frances Jackson, Peru, IN.
Along with her parents and husbands, she is preceded in death by a sister, Genevieve Britton.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Ave., Wabash, IN 46992, with Pastor David Phillips officiating. Calling hours will be from 1:00 pm until the time of service. Burial will follow at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash.
Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.mcdonaldfunerals.com.

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