Very knowledgeable and a great help to me also.
So sorry to hear the news of her death. Condolences to her family
Kay Flory Metsker
Plymouth
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From: "James Hartline" <jhartline(a)wowway.com>
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Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] We lost a great genealogist
Marge Priser was a big help to me. We wish her family well.
Jim Hartline, Sterling Heights, Michigan
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Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 3:15 PM
Subject: [INKOSCIU] We lost a great genealogist
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> For those of you that have done any genealogy research in Kosciusko
> County, especially on the US GenWeb page, I am sure you have seen Marge
> Priser's name. She worked many hours on genealogy databases so everyone
> could find their ancestors in Kosciusko County. Marge lost her battle
> with
> cancer Saturday. She will be greatly missed in the genealogy world,
> especially at the Kosciusko County Historical Society's Genealogy
> Library.
>
> Marjorie Ann Priser, 69, a Clunette, Kosciusko County, Indiana resident,
> passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 2:54 pm in RiverCrest Specialty
> Hospital, Mishawaka, IN.
> "Marge" as she was fondly called by family and friends, was born November
> 14, 1942, in Kosciusko County to Condict Earl & Marjorie Hope (Wallace)
> Vandermark.
>
> She graduated from Leesburg High School in 1960, and traveled to
> Bloomington where she received her degree at Indiana University to be a
> teacher and librarian. She and her son, Dennis Hepler, ventured to
> Lowell,
> Indiana and Tempe, Arizona, where she delighted in teaching grade school
> children and managing the library.
>
> Marge began working as an employee of RR Donnelley in 1972 and was a
> material handler for many years when she retired in 2003. On December 9,
> 1978, at Houghton Lake, Michigan, she married Lawrence "Boomer" Priser,
> also a Donnelley employee, who survives. Michigan- a place she discovered
> with Boomer - was dear to her heart. She experienced and explored the
> area
> while snowmobiling, ice fishing, and searching for sea glass and Petoskey
> stones.
>
> Marge was a lifetime member of the Kosciusko County Historical Society,
> and will be remembered for her tireless efforts of preserving genealogy
> and local history for others. She was instrumental in getting many reels
> of 16 mm films of Kosciusko County events donated by Ralph and Gladys
> Boice to be restored and preserved for future generations.
>
> As a historical researcher, Marge looked for hidden information - history
> that is otherwise undiscovered by most people- and transferred it to her
> website to be accessible to everyone. Her particular area of expertise
> was
> Civil War soldier information, which is available on the Kosciusko County
> Gen Web site. She manually typed and published online many historical
> Times-Union articles for public research. Marge was co-editor of the
> "History of Warsaw" book published in 2001, and she authored many
> genealogy books for the Historical Society.
>
> Marge also had an avid interest in the historical Lincoln Highway and
> coordinated a ceremony in 1995 to rededicate the Warsaw marker at Funk
> Park. Marge was honored by the National Lincoln Highway Association with
> a
> prestigious award for her contributions to the preservation of the
> history
> of the Lincoln Highway.
>
> She will be remembered by all who knew and loved her as a teacher and
> mentor. Marge researched with zealous passion any subject, hobby, or love
> that anyone she knew was interested in-she taught the joy of knowledge.
>
> She will be missed by those she leaves for a time, her husband Boomer,
> son
> Dennis, sisters Melba Jean (and Russell) Sipress of Elkhart and Eileen K.
> Vandermark, Hellerup, Denmark; 5 nieces and nephews, great nieces and
> nephews and a great, great nephew. She was preceded in death by a
> brother,
> Lester "Bud" Vandermark.
>
> Family and friends will gather at Titus Funeral Home, Warsaw, Indiana
> Tuesday, August 2, 2011 from 2-4 and 6-8 pm to share memories and lend
> support. A service celebrating the life of Marjorie Ann Priser will take
> place Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 10:30 am in the funeral home. Pastor
> Michael Beezley of Clunette United Methodist Church will officiate.
> Burial
> will follow in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
>
> Memorials may be made to the Kosciusko County Historical Society,
> Genealogy Section, P O Box 1071, Warsaw, IN 46581, or donor's choice.
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