Obituary of Marjorie Stewart

Marjorie Geneva Sailer was born to Charles Lester and Mertie Marie Lattimore Sailer on November 26th, 1932 in Plains, Kansas. She departed this life on March 21st, 2012 in Loveland, CO. The family farmed in the Plains, Satanta and Garden City, Kansas area until moving to Byers, Kansas to farm for Mertie’s father in 1937. Marjorie and her two older brothers, Wendell Wayne and Donald Dean attended a small country school near their home and were later bussed to the Byers public school until 1945, when the family moved back to Garden City, Kansas, where Marjorie attended Junior High School. In 1947 the Sailer’s purchased farm property north of Burlington, Colorado and in the summer of 1948 the family moved to the Burlington area. Marjorie attended Burlington High School, graduating with the class of 1951. Following graduation she was employed as Chief Operator at the local telephone company. Marjorie married Dean Stewart on May 16, 1953. In January and February of 1954, with the help of family and friends Dean and Marjorie built their home and farmed with Dean’s parents Hurley and Hattie Stewart, north of Burlington. Their daughter Mardean was born in October, 1954. They welcomed two children into their home in 1961 by adopting Robert (Bob), age 4, and Penny, age 3. Their daughter Robin was born in December, 1963. Marjorie and Dean enjoyed farming together until Dean’s death in November, 1987. Marjorie remained on the farm until 2006 at which time she moved to her home in Burlington. Marjorie enjoyed her family of four children, four grandchildren (Burk, Billie Jo, Sheena and Brent), four great-grandchildren (Jaxon, Jaron, Jaylie, and Tatum), and was look forward to welcoming two more that are expected in the coming months, two brothers and one sister, Wayne (Dorothy), Dean (Erma), Vivian (Elmer) and many nieces and nephews. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and UMW. As an avid 4-H leader for over 30 years she helped her children as well as many others achieve their goals through completed projects. She enjoyed sewing/quilting, cooking/baking, reading, gardening and growing flowers. One of her greatest enjoyments was visiting and having coffee with neighbors and friends. Marjorie was a warm, caring and generous person with a positive outlook and could find good in everyone and everything. Some of her final thoughts were how “fortunate and lucky she was” to have had so much time with her family and friends. Marjorie with her tremendous love for her family and unique sense of humor will be greatly missed. She is preceded in death by her parents Lester and Mertie Sailer, father/ mother-in-law - Hattie and Hurley Stewart, husband Dean, infant son Russell David, son-in-law Galen Haines, sister-in-law Shirley Sailer, brother/sister-in-law’s Dean and Erma Sailer, Calvin and Ethel Stewart, Jewel Stewart, Betty Stewart, and Lamar & Martha Stewart.