Marjorie Jean Harker^[1]

1923 - 2015  (91 years)

• Name	Marjorie Jean Harker  [2, 3]
  Born	10 Dec 1923	Aurora, Kane, Illinois   [2, 3]
  	Born at the home of George and Albina Kern, 216 Blackhawk, Aurora.
  Gender	Female
  Died	8 May 2015	Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois   [4]
  Buried	15 May 2015	Jericho Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Kane, Illinois   [4]
  Notes	Marjorie Jean (Harker) Anderson was born December 10, 1923, in Aurora, Illinois to John J. and Alice (Kern) Harker and died on May 8, 2015, in Downers Grove, Illinois. She grew up on a farm in Sugar Grove and was always proud to be a farmer's daughter-in fact, she had quite a green thumb herself. An excellent student with a curious mind, Marjorie attended Jericho School in Sugar Grove where she skipped third grade and later won the American Legion award in eighth grade. After graduating from Sugar Grove High School in 1941, she earned a degree from the Metropolitan Business College in Aurora and got her first job at Insulating Products in Aurora where she met the love of her life, Gene W. Anderson, while he was serving in the U.S. Navy. Marjorie and Gene married on Valentine's Day in 1945. The following year, they started their family. Marjorie devoted herself to her girls as they were growing up, sewing clothes, baking special treats, serving as a Girl Scout leader and room mother, and making sure every one of them went to college. When her daughters were older, Marjorie worked alongside her husband in the company he started in 1967: Liqui-Trol Systems, Inc. When the two of them retired in 1991, Liqui-Trol had installed water-pressure booster systems throughout the United States and the world. Marjorie was also a past president of the Jericho Cemetery Association. Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Susan Harding; sister, Shirley Harker; and son-in-law, Christopher Hedberg. She is survived by her daughters; and by her son-in-law. In addition, she is survived by her grandchildren. Visitation will be held Friday, May 15, 2015, from 11 AM until time of service 12 PM at The Healy Chapel, 370 Division Drive, Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554 followed by the burial at Jericho Cemetery in Sugar Grove. [4]
  Person ID	I19296	Mindrum
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	John James Harker,   b. 5 Apr 1896, Aurora, Kane, Illinois ,   d. 4 Mar 1975, Aurora, Kane, Illinois  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Alice Elizabeth Virginia Kern,   b. 25 Apr 1899, Aurora, Kane, Illinois ,   d. 30 Dec 1979, Aurora, Kane, Illinois  (Age 80 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1921	Sugar Grove, Kane, Illinois   [2]
  	Married by Rev. J. A. Quinn
  Family ID	F13502	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gene Wilson Anderson,   b. 28 Jul 1917, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Colorado ,   d. 5 Mar 1993, Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois  (Age 75 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1945	Sugar Grove, Kane, Illinois   [2, 3, 4]
  	Married by Rev. James McKelvey
  Children	1. Susan Mary Anderson,   b. 1 Jun 1946, Aurora, Kane, Illinois ,   d. 11 Mar 2015, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska  (Age 68 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F13503	Group Sheet

  
  

• Headstones

  Anderson, Gene and Marjorie

  
  

• Sources

  [S1860] Marjorie Anderson GEDCOM, August, 2003. [S1861] Records of Alice Kern. [S1872] Records of Marjorie Jean Harker Anderson. [S6303] Marjorie Anderson obituary, Aurora Beacon News, 13 May 2015.