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 | Marjorie Jean Olsen September 27, 1922 – March 20, 2012 services directed by Wilmington Funeral and Cremation |
| Marjorie Jean Olsen September 27, 1922 – March 20, 2012 WILMINGTON, N.C. – Marjorie Jean Olsen, 89, of New Jersey, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Wilmington, N.C. A memorial service will be held at the Embury Methodist Church, Church Street, Little Silver, N.J. on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Marjorie requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the A.S.P.C.A. or to your local Humane Society. Friends and family are welcome to share memories and condolences at www.wilmingtoncares.com or send to Wilmington Funeral and Cremation, 1535 S. 41st St., Wilmington, N.C. 28403. Marjorie was born to Ward Clement Joder and Ruth Inez Joder in Alliance, Neb. on Sept. 27, 1922. Marjorie worked for Red Bank Youth Center, in Red Bank, N.J., a children’s clothing store, for 30-plus years as manager and buyer. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and great-grandmother and friend. She was an avid quilter, seamstress and reader. Surviving her are daughter: Sandra J. Bloom and son-in-law Michael D. Bloom, with whom she lived in Wilmington; grandchildren: Michael Troy and his wife Robin Bloom of Spencer, W.Va. and Carrie Denise and her husband John Giles of Eatontown, N.J.; sister: Louise Betz, of Scottsbluff; brother: Tom Joder and his wife Janice of Scottsbluff; brother: Joe Joder and his wife Dorothy, of California; sister-in-law: Beth Joder of Colorado; and great-grandchildren: Thomas Giles, Brianna and Christopher Bloom and Rebecka and Patrisha Bloom, all of New Jersey, Colleen and Hunter Bloom, of Spencer, W.Va., Blake Bloom of Marion, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Marjorie was predeceased by her husband of 37 years: Charles Stanley Olsen of New Jersey; her brother: Russell Joder of Fort Collins, Colo.; grandson: Christopher Wendell Bloom, of Little Silver, N.J. Marjorie was also predeceased by her first husband: Charles Lambert; and 5-year-old son: Eddie Lambert, who were killed in a boating accident in Nebraska in 1945. | |
