Marjorie Macy Nystrom, 104, of California, MD passed away on October 3, 2013 at Hospice House of St. Mary's.
Marjorie (Mid) was born at home in Rutherford, NJ on July 3, 1909. She was the daughter of the late Charles Curtis Macy and Ethel Woodruff Macy. She moved to New Orleans, LA when she was three and returned to Rutherford at age seven and remained there for most of the next 50 years. Summers were spent with her parents and five siblings at Greenwood Lake in New Jersey. Those were the good times.
Mid was introduced to Axel (Ax) Nystrom by a friend at a dance. It wasn't long before he said, "I am going to marry that girl". She was in high school and he was at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Ax was born in Abo, Finland while his mother was on a trip, visiting relatives. He grew up in Brooklyn and Jersey City. When he finished high school he was encouraged to go on to college, but since he had not taken the requisite course work he had to take a fifth year of high school. While he was at Stevens the depression came and he had to drop out of school due to a lack of funds.
After high school Mid went to Elmira College where she majored in Home Economics. After graduation she worked as a secretary for "Medical Economics" magazine before marrying Ax in 1934 after a five year engagement. This was the height of the Depression and young people couldn't afford to marry let alone find a job. She and Ax tied the knot any way. He had to work as a deck hand on his father's dredge and sometimes even as a hod carrier for a construction company.
Sons Peter and Stephen were born in 1936 and 1938. As a dedicated mother she inspired both children to attend the United States Naval Academy. When her sons flew the coop she went back to work as a secretary at Fairleigh Dickenson University.
Ax finished his formal education at Brooklyn Poly Tech. He attended night school for eight years to obtain his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He spent his entire career working for Western Electric, a subsidiary of AT&T. He was elected to an honorary society, similar to Phi Beta Kappa, but for engineers. He is the holder of 51 patents dealing with the cable industry. When the United States couldn't produce a sufficient amount of telephone cable he was sent to Europe and Asia to find a manufacturer who could meet our standards. Japan won the contract. He ended his career by overseeing the building of a new cable production plant in Phoenix, AZ. He retired after 35 years as the Assistant Superintendent for Engineering for Western Electric.
Mid and Ax retired to Royal Oak, MD where they enjoyed sailing, golf, travel, and playing bridge. Their travels took them to Japan, England, Scandinavia, Turkey and almost every state in the union. At 104 years young Mid was the matriarch of this Macy clan.
She is survived by her sons, Peter C. and Stephen C. Nystrom, both graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy and retired naval officers; their families which include seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, two step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents and husband.
Services will be private.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Marjorie (Mid) was born at home in Rutherford, NJ on July 3, 1909. She was the daughter of the late Charles Curtis Macy and Ethel Woodruff Macy. She moved to New Orleans, LA when she was three and returned to Rutherford at age seven and remained there for most of the next 50 years. Summers were spent with her parents and five siblings at Greenwood Lake in New Jersey. Those were the good times.
Mid was introduced to Axel (Ax) Nystrom by a friend at a dance. It wasn't long before he said, "I am going to marry that girl". She was in high school and he was at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Ax was born in Abo, Finland while his mother was on a trip, visiting relatives. He grew up in Brooklyn and Jersey City. When he finished high school he was encouraged to go on to college, but since he had not taken the requisite course work he had to take a fifth year of high school. While he was at Stevens the depression came and he had to drop out of school due to a lack of funds.
After high school Mid went to Elmira College where she majored in Home Economics. After graduation she worked as a secretary for "Medical Economics" magazine before marrying Ax in 1934 after a five year engagement. This was the height of the Depression and young people couldn't afford to marry let alone find a job. She and Ax tied the knot any way. He had to work as a deck hand on his father's dredge and sometimes even as a hod carrier for a construction company.
Sons Peter and Stephen were born in 1936 and 1938. As a dedicated mother she inspired both children to attend the United States Naval Academy. When her sons flew the coop she went back to work as a secretary at Fairleigh Dickenson University.
Ax finished his formal education at Brooklyn Poly Tech. He attended night school for eight years to obtain his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He spent his entire career working for Western Electric, a subsidiary of AT&T. He was elected to an honorary society, similar to Phi Beta Kappa, but for engineers. He is the holder of 51 patents dealing with the cable industry. When the United States couldn't produce a sufficient amount of telephone cable he was sent to Europe and Asia to find a manufacturer who could meet our standards. Japan won the contract. He ended his career by overseeing the building of a new cable production plant in Phoenix, AZ. He retired after 35 years as the Assistant Superintendent for Engineering for Western Electric.
Mid and Ax retired to Royal Oak, MD where they enjoyed sailing, golf, travel, and playing bridge. Their travels took them to Japan, England, Scandinavia, Turkey and almost every state in the union. At 104 years young Mid was the matriarch of this Macy clan.
She is survived by her sons, Peter C. and Stephen C. Nystrom, both graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy and retired naval officers; their families which include seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, two step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents and husband.
Services will be private.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Marjorie Macy Nystrom, 104, of California, MD passed away on October 3, 2013 at Hospice House of St. Mary's.
Marjorie (Mid) was born at home in Rutherford, NJ on July 3, 1909. She was the daughter of the late Charles Curtis Macy and Ethel Woodruff Macy. She moved to New Orleans, LA when she was three and returned to Rutherford at age seven and remained there for most of the next 50 years. Summers were spent with her parents and five siblings at Greenwood Lake in New Jersey. Those were the good times.
Mid was introduced to Axel (Ax) Nystrom by a friend at a dance. It wasn't long before he said, "I am going to marry that girl". She was in high school and he was at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Ax was born in Abo, Finland while his mother was on a trip, visiting relatives. He grew up in Brooklyn and Jersey City. When he finished high school he was encouraged to go on to college, but since he had not taken the requisite course work he had to take a fifth year of high school. While he was at Stevens the depression came and he had to drop out of school due to a lack of funds.
After high school Mid went to Elmira College where she majored in Home Economics. After graduation she worked as a secretary for "Medical Economics" magazine before marrying Ax in 1934 after a five year engagement. This was the height of the Depression and young people couldn't afford to marry let alone find a job. She and Ax tied the knot any way. He had to work as a deck hand on his father's dredge and sometimes even as a hod carrier for a construction company.
Sons Peter and Stephen were born in 1936 and 1938. As a dedicated mother she inspired both children to attend the United States Naval Academy. When her sons flew the coop she went back to work as a secretary at Fairleigh Dickenson University.
Ax finished his formal education at Brooklyn Poly Tech. He attended night school for eight years to obtain his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He spent his entire career working for Western Electric, a subsidiary of AT&T. He was elected to an honorary society, similar to Phi Beta Kappa, but for engineers. He is the holder of 51 patents dealing with the cable industry. When the United States couldn't produce a sufficient amount of telephone cable he was sent to Europe and Asia to find a manufacturer who could meet our standards. Japan won the contract. He ended his career by overseeing the building of a new cable production plant in Phoenix, AZ. He retired after 35 years as the Assistant Superintendent for Engineering for Western Electric.
Mid and Ax retired to Royal Oak, MD where they enjoyed sailing, golf, travel, and playing bridge. Their travels took them to Japan, England, Scandinavia, Turkey and almost every state in the union. At 104 years young Mid was the matriarch of this Macy clan.
She is survived by her sons, Peter C. and Stephen C. Nystrom, both graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy and retired naval officers; their families which include seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, two step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents and husband.
Services will be private.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
Marjorie (Mid) was born at home in Rutherford, NJ on July 3, 1909. She was the daughter of the late Charles Curtis Macy and Ethel Woodruff Macy. She moved to New Orleans, LA when she was three and returned to Rutherford at age seven and remained there for most of the next 50 years. Summers were spent with her parents and five siblings at Greenwood Lake in New Jersey. Those were the good times.
Mid was introduced to Axel (Ax) Nystrom by a friend at a dance. It wasn't long before he said, "I am going to marry that girl". She was in high school and he was at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Ax was born in Abo, Finland while his mother was on a trip, visiting relatives. He grew up in Brooklyn and Jersey City. When he finished high school he was encouraged to go on to college, but since he had not taken the requisite course work he had to take a fifth year of high school. While he was at Stevens the depression came and he had to drop out of school due to a lack of funds.
After high school Mid went to Elmira College where she majored in Home Economics. After graduation she worked as a secretary for "Medical Economics" magazine before marrying Ax in 1934 after a five year engagement. This was the height of the Depression and young people couldn't afford to marry let alone find a job. She and Ax tied the knot any way. He had to work as a deck hand on his father's dredge and sometimes even as a hod carrier for a construction company.
Sons Peter and Stephen were born in 1936 and 1938. As a dedicated mother she inspired both children to attend the United States Naval Academy. When her sons flew the coop she went back to work as a secretary at Fairleigh Dickenson University.
Ax finished his formal education at Brooklyn Poly Tech. He attended night school for eight years to obtain his degree in Mechanical Engineering. He spent his entire career working for Western Electric, a subsidiary of AT&T. He was elected to an honorary society, similar to Phi Beta Kappa, but for engineers. He is the holder of 51 patents dealing with the cable industry. When the United States couldn't produce a sufficient amount of telephone cable he was sent to Europe and Asia to find a manufacturer who could meet our standards. Japan won the contract. He ended his career by overseeing the building of a new cable production plant in Phoenix, AZ. He retired after 35 years as the Assistant Superintendent for Engineering for Western Electric.
Mid and Ax retired to Royal Oak, MD where they enjoyed sailing, golf, travel, and playing bridge. Their travels took them to Japan, England, Scandinavia, Turkey and almost every state in the union. At 104 years young Mid was the matriarch of this Macy clan.
She is survived by her sons, Peter C. and Stephen C. Nystrom, both graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy and retired naval officers; their families which include seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, two step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents and husband.
Services will be private.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.
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