Marjorie “Peggy” Myers

Marjorie (Peggy) Myers,

88, Parshall, passed away

Wednesday, November

10, 2021. Memorial ser-

vices will be held on

Tuesday, November 16,

2021 at 11:00 am at the

Garrison Church of God.

Burial will be held at a

later date.

Peggy was born to

Grover and Bertina (Ol-

son) McLaughlin on April

23, 1933, on the family

farm northwest of Plaza,

North Dakota. Here she at-

tended school and worked

at her family’s hotel. She

went on to work at a local

restaurant where she met

her husband, James

(Jim) Myers.

Jim and Peggy were

married on September 23,

1950, in Plaza, and in

1951, moved south of

Parshall where they start-

ed farming. To this union,

three boys were born:

Rodney, Randy, and

Robert. She was a vital

part of Myers Spraying

Service which lasted more

than 45 years. After the

spraying season was over,

they hosted a pig roast for

their customers. Peggy

would make dressing and

all side dishes. She was

an excellent cook, and no

one ever went hungry.

Her grandkids loved her

“brown bread” and warm

buns from the oven. It

was a joke that when you

got a sandwich made by

Peggy, it wasn’t a “bun

sandwich”, it was a “meat

sandwich”!

Peggy always loved

raising a large garden and

canning produce in the

fall. Flowers were always

plentiful around the farm,

and she had many flower

beds filled with hundreds

of flowers. Peggy was very

creative, talented, and al-

ways busy with new pro-

jects. She loved to paint;

many homes are adorned

with her paintings. Quilt-

ing became another craft

that she loved. One

Christmas, she made a

quilt for each member of

her family. She loved to

play Scrabble, Upwards,

and cards. She especially

loved playing with her

grandkids. Although, no

one wanted to play with

her because she always

won. Peggy’s mom, Berti-

na, would come to visit

and they would play

Scrabble for hours.

She loved spending

time with her four grand-

daughters, and she felt

fortunate to be able to

watch them grow up, at-

tending their many activi-

ties and events.

Peggy was a member of

the Parshall Ambulance

Squad for 20 years and

would go on to serve as

squad leader. She always

felt it was important to

give back and have this

service in the communi-

ty.

Peggy continued to live

on the farm after her

husband’s death in 2010.

In 2016, she moved to the

Meadows in Garrison,

then to the Wellington in

2019 where she remained

until her health began to

decline.

Peggy is survived by

her sons, Rodney Myers

(Meeteetse, WY), Randy

(Barb) Myers, (Parshall,

ND), Rob Myers, (Minot,

ND); granddaughters,

Stephanie (Patrick) Haas

(Spring Hill, FL), Summer

Van Rooyen (Minot, ND),

Brianna Myers (Bakers-

field, CA), Whitney

Myers (Fargo, ND); great-

grandchildren: Savannah,

Jameson, Gavin, Monroe,

Freyja; sister: Beverly

McLaughlin (Minneapolis,

MN)

Peggy is preceded in

death by her husband,

parents, sisters: Gladys

Benson, Evelyn Haade-

land, Dorothy Melhouse,

brothers: Kenneth and Jer-

ry McLaughlin, great-

grandson Patrick Haas.

(Thompson Funeral

Home, Garrison)