Marjorie  Kilker

CELEBRANT
Fr. Joe Forcelle
MUSIC
Organist ~ Marcene Kniffen
St. Leo Choir
Congregational Hymns
Marjorie Kilker was born Saturday, October 22, 1921 at Tyndall, South Dakota to Erwin C. and Laura (Swain) Kilker. She graduated from Tyndall High School. After graduating from Southern State College in Springfield, she taught rural school in Bon Homme County for several years. She taught high school in Gregory, South Dakota for four years. She later taught English and Public Speaking at Luverne High School in Luverne, Minnesota.  Marjorie returned to Tyndall in 1975 to care for her mother. During that time, she did substitute teaching and tutoring for the Tyndall School. Marjorie was a member of the National Education Association and the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority. She passed away on Friday, July 15, 2011 at St. Michael’s Hospital Avera in Tyndall, having attained the age of 89 years, 8 months and 23 days.
Marjorie is survived by a sister, Lois Vogel of Tyndall, and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Erwin and Laura Kilker, two brothers, Robert Kilker and Ronald Kilker, and an infant sister.