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Marjorie Laverne (Short) Fetterhoff

Posted 2018-05-05 by Judy Wight Branson
The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, page 5a

Marjorie L. Fetterhoff, formerly of Prescott, passed peacefully away
in Tempe on April 19, 2018.

She was born Feb. 24, 1922, in Cross Timbers, Missouri, to Amos
Deering Short and Euba Mae (Tankesley) Short. Marjorie graduated
from Warsaw High School in Warsaw, Missouri, in 1940 and furthered
her education at Central Business College in Sedalia, Missouri.

After working in Sedalia and Jefferson City, she passed the Civil
Service Exam and went to work at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.,
in February 1945.

In October 1946, she married then Capt. Willard M. Fetterhoff at
Fort Dix, New Jersey. In May 1947, they moved to Prescott, where he
became principal of Prescott High School.

They had three daughters — Anne, Mary and Donna.

In 1965, he accepted a position at Arizona State University, and the
family moved to Tempe, where Marjorie became active in ASU Faculty
Wives. She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church and a
founding member of the Arizona Quilters Guild. During her lifetime,
she pieced and stitched more than 200 quilts.

She is survived by her daughters, Anne Pieszak (Scott Anderson) of
Prescott Valley, Mary Allen-Lyddon (Ron Sanders) of Mesa, and Donna
Davis of Chandler; grandchildren, Lee, Christina, Sonya, Erick and
Will; and great-grandson, Logan.

A celebration of Marjorie’s life was held recently at Tempe First
United Methodist Church.

Information provided by family.




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