Marjorie Esther Kor

Marjorie E. Kor age 71 of Tracy, MN died Saturday, April 7, 2012 at the Sanford-Sioux Valley Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Services will be 1:00 PM Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Tracy Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy, with a prayer service at 7:00 PM and continuing one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Interment will be in the Tracy City Cemetery, with a luncheon served immediately afterwards in the church social hall. The Almlie Family Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements. The Family requests that memorials be given in lieu of flowers to either the American Cancer Society or the Ronald McDonald House. Marjorie Esther Kor was born August 2, 1940 to William and Ethel (Vos) Buysman in Chandler, MN, Murray County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith. While still a young child her family moved to Elkton, MN, where she attended Elkton Public Schools. In 1957 her family moved to Tracy, MN and Marjorie graduated from Tracy High School in 1958. On June 21, 1958 Marjorie married Gerald T. Kor in the Presbyterian Church in Tracy. They made their home on a farm south of Tracy until 1973 when they moved to Amiret, MN. Over the years Marjorie worked cleaning homes, the bank in Tracy and the Post Office in Amiret. She also worked at Midwest Supply in Tracy for a short time. All this while, she is remembered as a great housewife and mother to six children. She was a member of the Tracy Lutheran Church and was very active in Circle, Bible Study, and Do-Days at the church. She enjoyed Birds, Antiquing, Gardening, both flower and vegetable, and quilting with the ladies at church, but it was time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren that she loved the most. On Saturday, April 7, 2012 Marjorie died, surrounded by her loving family, at the Sanford-Sioux Valley Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 71. Marjorie is lovingly remembered by her three daughters, Tacy (Loren) Knoblauch of Tracy, MN, Lynn (Tom) Pauly of Chanhassen, MN, and Marcy (fiancé, Don Elhard) Fedde of Grand Island, NE; two sons, Dennis (Nadine) Kor of Minneota, MN and Dale (Amy) Kor of Sebeka, MN; ten grandchildren, Rory, Jill, Kayla, Lindsey, A. J., Collin, Seth, Kirsten, Ashley and Riley; five great grandchildren, Braeleigh, Evangelina, Diamon, Jaxson, and Summer; one brother, Doug (Cindy) Buysman of Redmond, OR; three sisters, Ruth (Ronnie) Miller of Byron, MN, Eunice (Jerry) Roberts of Molalla, OR, and Joan Frederickson of Downey, CA; one brother-in-law, Henry (Bonnie) Kor of Mitchell, SD; nieces, nephews and many friends. Her husband, Gerald, her parents, William and Ethel, son, Steve, grandson, Harlan, and one brother-in-law, Allen Frederickson, preceded her in death.