Marjorie Barth

Marjorie Mae Barth, 103, was born November 14, 1918, a daughter of Albert and Clara (Kingery) Barth and passed away at Valley View Nursing Home on December 3, 2021 with family by her side. Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at Retz Funeral Home, 519 N. 1St St, Greene, with Pastor Joan Thomas presiding. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Marjorie was a baptized member of the Church of the Brethren. She graduated from Greene High School in 1936 and went to nurses training at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids in 1937 to start her long term profession as an OB Nurse. When she completed her training, she first worked at St. Luke’s Hospital and later took a position in an OB Office. In 1961 she returned to Greene to help her parents on the farm and was also employed at Floyd County Hospital in Charles City until retiring in 1985. Marjorie was her Dad’s Helper from an early age, and even after his death, in 1972, she continued taking care of the farm as she was taught, which was raising chickens, having a large garden for everyone’s use, and selling and delivering eggs, tomatoes, and she also continued the upkeep of her mom’s flower garden and providing flowers for church and the weekly Sunday dinners. Even with all this she made time for checking on other older people in Greene and running errands for them while still working second shift. She took care of her mom until she passed away in 2000 and then helped take care of her sister who moved back to Greene until 2013. Because of her health reasons, she came to live full time with her sister Ardys until March of this year when she required nursing home care due to her failing health. Those left to celebrate her life are her sisters: Ardys Litterer, Greene; Donna (Phil) Carroll, Des Moines. Nieces: Linda Creek, Ottumwa; Jolene (Jason) Jenkins Woodlawn, TN, Veronica (Mark) Wright, Overland Park, KS; Nephews: Don (Peggy) Hyers, North Adams, MA; Douglas (Connie) Litterer, Greene; Bruce (Jeri Lynn) Litterer, The Woodlands, TX; Dennis (Julie) Carroll, Splendora, TX; John (Judy) Carroll, Spring, TX; Richard Carroll, Des Moines. 26 Great Grand nieces and nephews, numerous Great-Great grandnieces and nephews and 1 Great-Great-Great Grandnephew. Marjorie is preceded in death by her parents, sister Mary Hyers, brother-in-law Earle Hyers, brother-in-law Ralph Litterer, and niece Mary Lynn Stewart. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to The Family of Marjorie Barth, PO Box 26, Greene, Iowa 50636.

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Marjorie Barth

November 14, 1918 - December 8, 2021