MARJIE KINGSLEY MOBERG ~ Class of 1946
July 18, 1928 - November 19, 2003
Marjie Kingsley Moberg passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at Puget Sound Healthcare Center. She was born July 18, 1928 in Denver, Colorado to James Edwin and Mary Gelvin Kingsley. She lived in Colorado until moving to Richland, Washington in the 1940s. She graduated from Columbia High School in Richland in 1946. She attended Eastern Washington State College and Colorado Teacher's College in Greeley, Colorado, and graduated with a B.S. degree in Education. She taught in the Richland Public Schools during the 1950s and 1960s. She married Dale R. Moberg in 1952. They moved with their family to Olympia, Washington in 1974. She made many friends through bridge clubs in the area and the Steamers Orthopedic Guild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale, and by her son, Eric T. Moberg. Marjie is survived by her two daughters, Paula Bigelow (Paul), of Tumwater, and Karis Moberg (Leonard Smith), of Port Ludlow, Washington; Paula and Paul's two children, Drew and Gracee, of Tumwater; her sister, Mary Evelyn Spradlin, of Plano, Texas; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Services for Marjie will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2003, at 3:00 p.m. in the Olympic Memorial Gardens, Mills & Mills Funeral Chapel, 5724 Littlerock Road S.W., Tumwater, Washington. A gathering of family and friends will be held immediately following at the home of Paula and Paul Bigelow. ©2003 The Olympian