Marjorie C. Hansen

Funeral service for Marjorie Catharine Hansen, 86, of Biwabik, formerly of Michigan, will be at 11am Thursday, August 14, 2014 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Virginia, MN with Tim Niemi conducting. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5-7pm, with an Eastern Star, Masonic Lodge and Christian Scientist service beginning at 6pm at Ziemer-Moeglein-Shatava Funeral Home in Gilbert. Visitation will also be for one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Burial will be in the Lakeside Cemetery in Biwabik, MN. Marjorie died suddenly on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at Northern Pines Medical Center in Aurora. Marjorie was born March 31, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan to Grover C. and Lonella C. (Black) Brockman. In 1948 she attended Michigan State University and later married Samuel Hansen on June 19, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. Marjorie was a devoted homemaker and was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in South Bend, Ind. She especially enjoyed time spent with family at the cabin on Marquette Island on Lake Huron and was active in the Les Cheneaux Yacht Club. Marjorie was a member of two bridge clubs, a member of the Council on Aging in Cassopolis, Michigan. She was also a member of the Junior Arts, the Stitchery Club, was an Antlerette (of the Elks Club) and the Biwabik Chapter of the Eastern Star. In April 2013 she moved to Clayridge Assisted Living in Biwabik, following her husband’s death. Survivors include her daughters: Gayle (Steve) Neher of North Port, Florida, Suzanne (Barry) Hague of Marquette Island, Michigan and Catharine (Tim) Niemi of Biwabik, Minnesota; seven grandchildren: Corey (Sybil Walker-Gooding)Hague, Cara (Melvin) Renfrow, David (Miriam Weinrich) Niemi, Charles (Pam Haig) Niemi, Jeffery (Jenny Haurunen) Niemi, Samuel Neher and Scott Neher; great grandchildren: Brennan, Peyton, Wesley, Ella, Henry, Samuel, Jesse, Elizabeth, Lucas, Kathleen, EmmaLee, Matthew and Mason; brother and sister-in-law, John (Rosemary Hansen) Christenson. Marjorie is preceded in death by her parents, Grover and Lonella; husband, Samuel and cousin, Jimmy Dick Herrick.