Marjorie Alice Curtis Nordquist passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 in South Jordan.
Marje was born to R. Emerson and Alice Call Curtis on May 27, 1930 in Salt Lake City. She graduated from South High School and attended the University of Utah.
While at the U. of U., she met and married Melvin C. Paxton. They had five children, whom they raised in Monte Sereno, Califormia. Marje and Mel later divorced and Marje relocated to Provo.
While working at Brigham Young University in 1973, she met and married Edwin C. Nordquist, a widower with three grown children. She was devoted to him and often referred to him as "the love of my life." They lived in Salt Lake City.
Music was a talent she enjoyed and enthusiastically shared throughout her life, serving as the ward organist in various congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), of which she was a dedicated member.
Snow skiing, square dancing, sewing, gardening, family history, and traveling around the country were all activities that made her happy. She loved being a wife and mother, and serving her family. She and Ed served three LDS missions.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, R. Emerson and Alice Curtis; husband, Edwin C. Nordquist; son, Michael J. Paxton; sister, Patricia Curtis Blackham; brother, Steven E. Curtis; and granddaughter, Tiffany Brough. She is survived by her children, Robert (Judith) Paxton, Rodger (Theresa) Paxton, and Cheri Paxton (Stan) Bell; daughter-in-law, Kay (James) Stewart; step-children, Janet (Marshall) Brough, Mary Jane (James) Wilson, and James (Erica) Nordquist; her sisters, Carolee Curtis Green and Marian Curtis Kirkham; and step-brother, Ernest Sunderland. She is also survived by thirty-five grandchildren, seventy-nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
The family would like to acknowledge the kindness of the staff at Legacy House of South Jordan and the nurses from Aspire Home Health and Hospice for their tender care of our beloved mother.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1450 East), East Millcreek. A viewing will be held prior to the services from 12:30 until 1:45 p.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 2, 2015.
Marje was born to R. Emerson and Alice Call Curtis on May 27, 1930 in Salt Lake City. She graduated from South High School and attended the University of Utah.
While at the U. of U., she met and married Melvin C. Paxton. They had five children, whom they raised in Monte Sereno, Califormia. Marje and Mel later divorced and Marje relocated to Provo.
While working at Brigham Young University in 1973, she met and married Edwin C. Nordquist, a widower with three grown children. She was devoted to him and often referred to him as "the love of my life." They lived in Salt Lake City.
Music was a talent she enjoyed and enthusiastically shared throughout her life, serving as the ward organist in various congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), of which she was a dedicated member.
Snow skiing, square dancing, sewing, gardening, family history, and traveling around the country were all activities that made her happy. She loved being a wife and mother, and serving her family. She and Ed served three LDS missions.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, R. Emerson and Alice Curtis; husband, Edwin C. Nordquist; son, Michael J. Paxton; sister, Patricia Curtis Blackham; brother, Steven E. Curtis; and granddaughter, Tiffany Brough. She is survived by her children, Robert (Judith) Paxton, Rodger (Theresa) Paxton, and Cheri Paxton (Stan) Bell; daughter-in-law, Kay (James) Stewart; step-children, Janet (Marshall) Brough, Mary Jane (James) Wilson, and James (Erica) Nordquist; her sisters, Carolee Curtis Green and Marian Curtis Kirkham; and step-brother, Ernest Sunderland. She is also survived by thirty-five grandchildren, seventy-nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
The family would like to acknowledge the kindness of the staff at Legacy House of South Jordan and the nurses from Aspire Home Health and Hospice for their tender care of our beloved mother.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1450 East), East Millcreek. A viewing will be held prior to the services from 12:30 until 1:45 p.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 2, 2015.
Marjorie Alice Curtis Nordquist passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 in South Jordan.
Marje was born to R. Emerson and Alice Call Curtis on May 27, 1930 in Salt Lake City. She graduated from South High School and attended the University of Utah.
While at the U. of U., she met and married Melvin C. Paxton. They had five children, whom they raised in Monte Sereno, Califormia. Marje and Mel later divorced and Marje relocated to Provo.
While working at Brigham Young University in 1973, she met and married Edwin C. Nordquist, a widower with three grown children. She was devoted to him and often referred to him as "the love of my life." They lived in Salt Lake City.
Music was a talent she enjoyed and enthusiastically shared throughout her life, serving as the ward organist in various congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), of which she was a dedicated member.
Snow skiing, square dancing, sewing, gardening, family history, and traveling around the country were all activities that made her happy. She loved being a wife and mother, and serving her family. She and Ed served three LDS missions.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, R. Emerson and Alice Curtis; husband, Edwin C. Nordquist; son, Michael J. Paxton; sister, Patricia Curtis Blackham; brother, Steven E. Curtis; and granddaughter, Tiffany Brough. She is survived by her children, Robert (Judith) Paxton, Rodger (Theresa) Paxton, and Cheri Paxton (Stan) Bell; daughter-in-law, Kay (James) Stewart; step-children, Janet (Marshall) Brough, Mary Jane (James) Wilson, and James (Erica) Nordquist; her sisters, Carolee Curtis Green and Marian Curtis Kirkham; and step-brother, Ernest Sunderland. She is also survived by thirty-five grandchildren, seventy-nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
The family would like to acknowledge the kindness of the staff at Legacy House of South Jordan and the nurses from Aspire Home Health and Hospice for their tender care of our beloved mother.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1450 East), East Millcreek. A viewing will be held prior to the services from 12:30 until 1:45 p.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 2, 2015.
Marje was born to R. Emerson and Alice Call Curtis on May 27, 1930 in Salt Lake City. She graduated from South High School and attended the University of Utah.
While at the U. of U., she met and married Melvin C. Paxton. They had five children, whom they raised in Monte Sereno, Califormia. Marje and Mel later divorced and Marje relocated to Provo.
While working at Brigham Young University in 1973, she met and married Edwin C. Nordquist, a widower with three grown children. She was devoted to him and often referred to him as "the love of my life." They lived in Salt Lake City.
Music was a talent she enjoyed and enthusiastically shared throughout her life, serving as the ward organist in various congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), of which she was a dedicated member.
Snow skiing, square dancing, sewing, gardening, family history, and traveling around the country were all activities that made her happy. She loved being a wife and mother, and serving her family. She and Ed served three LDS missions.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, R. Emerson and Alice Curtis; husband, Edwin C. Nordquist; son, Michael J. Paxton; sister, Patricia Curtis Blackham; brother, Steven E. Curtis; and granddaughter, Tiffany Brough. She is survived by her children, Robert (Judith) Paxton, Rodger (Theresa) Paxton, and Cheri Paxton (Stan) Bell; daughter-in-law, Kay (James) Stewart; step-children, Janet (Marshall) Brough, Mary Jane (James) Wilson, and James (Erica) Nordquist; her sisters, Carolee Curtis Green and Marian Curtis Kirkham; and step-brother, Ernest Sunderland. She is also survived by thirty-five grandchildren, seventy-nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
The family would like to acknowledge the kindness of the staff at Legacy House of South Jordan and the nurses from Aspire Home Health and Hospice for their tender care of our beloved mother.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3401 South Highland Drive (1450 East), East Millcreek. A viewing will be held prior to the services from 12:30 until 1:45 p.m.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on December 2, 2015.
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