Obituary of Marjorie M Emerson

Marjorie May Emerson, 96, passed away on Tuesday morning, February 21, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Funeral services for Marjorie will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 25, 2017, at the Pence~Reese Funeral Home in Newton. A visitation with the family will be held one hour prior to the services at the funeral home. In LIEU of flowers: Memorials in Marjorie's name are being designated to the Newton Village Good Samaritan Fund. Burial will be in the East Peru, IA cemetery, 2:00 p.m. Saturday. Marjorie Emerson, the daughter of Fred and Agnes Elizabeth (Picken) Holmes, was born May 19, 1920, in Madison County, Scott TWP, near Winterset, IA. She attended rural school through the 8th grade, graduating from the Winterset High School, class of 1937. On July 13, 1941, Marjorie was united in marriage with Lyman Rex Emerson in Princeton, Missouri. They farmed for 14 years, prior to Rex being employed by the Iowa D.N.R. They lived in Washington, IA for 20 years, moving to Newton in 1984. Marjorie devoted her life to her family and enjoyed being a homemaker, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the O.E.S. #180. Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Rex; her son-in-law Ronald Ross; and her brothers: Lt. Eugene F. Holmes, Herbert W. Holmes and Michael Holmes; her sisters: Helen Drake and Lucille Gray. Those left to honor Marjorie's memory include her daughters: Linda Jean Ross-Guinn (Michael) of Newton and Constance Irene Shebeck (Gary) of Grinnell; her four grandchildren: James (Tricia) Ross of Coralville, Sherry Ross of Laurel, MS, Neal (Kelly) Shebeck of Henderson, NV and Erin (Pete) Cavanagh of Wellman; two step-grandchildren: Suzanne Guinn (Michael Lange) and Michele Guinn (Richard Olson); her seven great-grandchildren; and her many friends.