Marjorie Leola Vieth Meyer, 97, of Lone Elm Missouri (previously of Kansas City) peacefully left earth for the heavens on February 3, 2022.
Marjorie’s life will be celebrated on Monday, February 14, 2022, at Zion Lutheran Church in Lone Elm, Missouri with visitation at 10:30 A.M. and service officiated by Rev. Paul Weisenborn imme diately following at 11:00. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The service will also be live streamed on Howard Funeral Home’s Facebook page.
Marjorie was born July 15, 1924, in Lone Elm Missouri, the daughter of Ben and Laura Bail Vieth. She was baptized, confirmed, and taught Sunday School at Zion Lutheran Church and married her husband Floyd Meyer of Concordia, Missouri in the same church on May 31, 1959.
Marjorie began her nursing career at Saint Joseph Hospital in Boonville, Missouri working there for seven years. To further her career and education, she moved to Kansas City, and worked at General Hospital and then Trinity Lutheran for 15 years, spending the last five years of that time on the Intensive Care Unit. Marjorie spent the last 20 years of her nursing career at North Kansas City Hospital. Marjorie was passionate about being a nurse and taking care of people. She was well known for her kindness and consider ation shown to patients and their families. Her philosophy was “be considerate to a patient’s family, as the entire family is affected by illness.”
Marjorie loved to garden and watch flowers and plants grow. She planted a garden of over an acre while living at the farm, and when that downsized when she moved to Kansas City, she took up rose gardening. People out walking would always stop and admire the over 30 varieties of roses that Marjorie planted in the front lawn. Reading, cross stitching, and quilting were also favorite pastimes and she left behind beautiful quilts and handmade items for her family.
Marjorie had a special gift for cooking up wonderful meals and treats for her family and friends. When her daughters would arrive home from school Marjorie had a homemade pizza, pie, cookies, or cin namon twists waiting for them. During her daughters’ high school years, the debate and drama teams spent hours in the garage building homecoming floats or working on debate tournament prep aration, and Marjorie always ensured that there was plenty of food for all. In the college years, she would invite the entire sorority over for a Christmas Dinner and plenty of leftovers were sent along to enjoy.
Marjorie loved the outdoors, and Spring and Fall were her favorite seasons. She spent countless hours working on the farm with her husband Floyd, fixing fence, mowing, tending flower and garden beds, and taking care of the animals. Sitting outside in a comfortable lawn chair and visiting with family brought her great joy. Marjorie believed that time spent with family was her greatest treasure. On her 90th birthday, when asked if she had any regrets, she said “No, I had a wonderful career, married the man I loved, and raised two exceptional daughters that I love dearly.”
Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Laura Vieth, a sister Maxine Vieth, and her husband of 55 years Floyd Meyer. She is survived by two daughters, Jeanette Meyer of Fort Collins Colorado, and her son, Marjorie’s beloved grandson, Colin Kiser, also of Fort Collins, and Joyce Meyer of Scottsdale Arizona and her husband Patrick Anchors. She is also survived by her sister Dorothy Vieth of Lone Elm, Missouri, and her brother Kenneth Vieth and his wife Mabel of Amarillo Texas as well as many cousins, nieces, nephews, and dear friends.
Marjorie was kind, compassionate, generous, devoted to her family…a Christian woman with a strong faith. We will miss her and know that she is peaceful in the presence of the Lord. Grief never ends, but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a weakness, not a lack of faith. It is the price of love.
Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church and School.
