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Marcia Iverson

May 26, 1945-May 19, 2017

Marcia Iverson, 71, died

on May 19, 2017 at her

home in Fort Morgan with

her family by her side.

She was a cancer victim,

lived with it with quiet

courage for 2 1/2 years,

from January 2015 until

this spring.

She was born May 26,

1945, in a Minot, North

Dakota, hospital, a baby

girl for Marjorie and Au-

gust Beyer, who lived

near a small town named

Makoti, south of Minot.

Marcia graduated from

Makoti High School in

1963, then from North

Dakota State University

(at Fargo) in 1967, where

she majored in home

economics education. In

the fall of 1967, her first

job was teaching home ec

at Devils Lake, ND, where

she met Roger Iverson,

then a

reporter/photographer for

the Devils Lake Daily

Journal. They were mar-

ried June 23, 1968, at

Makoti and were together

for almost 50 years. A son,

Russell, was born in 1970

and a daughter, Jill, in

1974.

The Iverson family

moved from North Dakota

to Fort Morgan in 1985. In

1987, she became refer-

ence librarian at the Fort

Morgan Public Library,

where she was widely

known for her determina-

tion plus ability to find

answers to any and all in-

formation questions. She

retired in 2007 after 20

years.

Marcia was beautiful,

smart, and talented. She

excelled at everything she

did.

She was marvelous in

her kitchen. Notably, Eas-

ter, Thanksgiving, and

Christmas dinners, espe-

cially Thanksgiving Day.

She made incredible Ger-

man chocolate birthday

cakes for nearly 50 years,

even if it took almost a

whole day. She was a

hard-working and deter-

mined gardener. Her front

yard was the prettiest

place on Lane Street. She

knew how to use a sewing

machine, was proud of

making things for her

children and two grand-

sons, who came along in

2005 and 2006.

Marcia was preceded

in death by: her parents

and a brother, Jack.

She is survived by: her

husband, Roger; son,

Russell of Greeley;

daughter, Jill and husband

Neil McCorrison of West-

minster and their two

boys, Ben and Ryan, now

12 and 11.

A funeral service was

held Wednesday, May

24th at 10 a.m. at Luth-

eran Church of Our

Redeemer in Fort Morgan.

Memorials may be sent to

Hospice of the Plains, 100

Broadway, Sterling, CO

80751.

A final note: For most

readers of The Times, this

obituary will probably be

read and soon forgotten.

Most copies of today’s

Times will soon be

thrown away. Marcia’s

husband, son and

daughter want something

more lasting and have de-

cided on a “little obituary”

to be written on her grave-

stone in the Fort Morgan

Cemetery. It will read:

MARCIA BEYER IVER-

SON, May 1945 – May

2017, Our family’s shining

star.