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.