Marjorie
Teigland, 91
Thief
River Falls - Marjorie "Alice" Teigland, 91,
died Sunday, February 17, 2002 at her home in Thief
River Falls.
A
funeral service will be held at 
1
p.m. on Saturday, February 23, at New Life Family
Worship Center in Thief River Falls with Rev.
George Bunnell officiating. Gloria Ness will be the
organist. Cyndi Onkka and Gloria Ness will present
a duet, and Pastor Virgil Rasmussen will be the
soloist. Marjorie's great-grandchildren and great
great-grandchildren will serve as casketbearers.
Honorary casketbearers will include all of her
grandchildren. Interment will be in Goodridge
Cemetery in Goodridge Township of Pennington
County.
Visitation
will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer
service on Friday, February 22, at Green Funeral
Home in Thief River Falls. Visitation will also be
held for one hour prior to services at the church
Saturday.
Marjorie
Alice Stephenson was born on April 11, 1910 at
Pelican Rapids, the daughter of Melvin and Margaret
(Richards) Stephenson. She was baptized and
confirmed in the Lutheran faith. At a young age,
Marjorie moved with her family to Goodridge. She
attended school there, graduating from Goodridge
High School in 1929.
After
graduation, she moved to Waukegan, Ill. where she
was united in marriage to Allen Teigland on
September 30, 1929. The couple soon returned to
Goodridge where they worked with her father on the
family farm and at the Goodridge Restaurant.
Marjorie and Allen then moved to the Grygla area
where they farmed until 1974 when they moved to
Thief River Falls. Allen died on June 18,
1989.
Alice
enjoyed reading, canning, walking, eating peanut
butter cookies and drinking milk, and especially,
spending time with her children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren.
Survivors
include six children, Ronnie (Irene) and Beverly
Doss, both of East Grand Forks, Wendell (Audrey),
Janice (David) Sheridan, and Sharon (John) Flom,
all of Thief River Falls, and Sandra Anderson of
International Falls; 32 grandchildren; 75
great-grandchildren; and 23 great
great-grandchildren.
Marjorie
was preceded in death by two sons, Dale and Gerald
Teigland; an infant daughter, Ramona Teigland; two
grandsons in infancy; her parents; her husband; a
sister, Muriel Newton; and a brother, Laurel
Stephenson.
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