Warner, Marjorie Beddor The energetic matriarch of ten children, passed away peacefully on June 15th at age 81 surrounded by family after a two year struggle with pancreatic cancer. Marjorie, born May 25, 1925 graduated from West High School and was Minneapolis' first female Life-Guard in 1943. An athlete and animal lover, Marjorie sailed, water skiied and rode horse back at Lake Calhoun and Bone Lake, WI. A founder of the University of Minnesota Ski Club, she graduated from the U of M in Business and Home Economics in 1948. Marjorie was ahead of her time and took an early career with GE, and later she became a top sales producer for Bermel-Smaby and Edina Realty. She married Dr. V. Richard Zarling in August 1948 and grew her family of ten: Cynthia Zarling (Steve Moore), Suzanne Kearns (John), Chris Kellogg (John), Richard Zarling (Charlene), Anne Zarling, Elizabeth Metzler (Gary), Teri O'Rourke (Bill), Pauline Fizgerald (Rick), David Zarling (Kelly) and Daniel Zarling (Christine). In 1974, Marjorie opened a favorite chapter in her life and married Frank A. Warner, and extended her family to include Suzanne Weil, Sheila Dickenson (Jim), and F. Todd Warner. In her later years, Marjorie had many passions including training service dogs to help the disabled through Helping PAWs, golf, tennis, antique and classic cars and boats, and competitive ballroom dancing. Daughter of Frank and Genevieve Beddor, Marjorie is also survived by loving brothers and sisters, Frank Beddor (Marilyn), Bill Beddor (Bea), Nancy Bartel (Gib), Sue Nystrom, and Judy Murphy (Robert); and twenty one grandchildren. Visitation Monday 4-7 PM at Gill Brothers Funeral Chapel, 5801 Lyndale Ave South, Mpls. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday 10 AM, Church of St. Olaf, 215 South 8th St., Mpls., MN 612-332-7471, followed by lunch at the Minneapolis Club, 729 2nd Ave. South, Mpls., MN 612-332-2292. Interment Lakewood Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society-Hope Lodge, or Helping PAWs, Inc. GILL BROTHERS 612-861-6088
This obituary was originally published in the Star Tribune.
