Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, August 3, 2015, at Ankeny United Church of Christ (602 SE Delaware Ave.) with burial to follow at Oralabor Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the church.
Marjorie Pauline Walker was born October 14, 1920, in Des Moines, Iowa to Clell and Ally (McKern) Walker. She grew up in Des Moines. On November 16, 1948, in Bellevue, Nebraska, Marge was united in marriage to Richard Lee Swartfager. The couple, along with Marge’s daughter Shirley, made their home in Ankeny for the next 77 years.
Marge started working right out of high school at various jobs (usually two at a time). She then worked at the Des Moines Ordinance Plant in Ankeny. From there, she spent the next 32 ½ years at Northwestern Bell (now Qwest), as a Supervisor. Following retirement, Marge was allowed to focus on giving back to the community. With a loving heart, Marge was a member of the Albaugh-McGovern American Legion Post #42, Telephone Pioneers, Iowa Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary, American Red Cross, National Audubon Society, Minnesota Conservatism, the Sierra Club, The Ankeny Historical Society, and the Ankeny United Church of Christ.
Marge looked forward to her Friday visits to the salon to have her hair fixed. She was an avid quilter and always had a beautiful garden. Most of all, Marge treasured the time she spent with her immediate family, as well as her church family. She loved time spent at their cabins on Lake Washburn in Minnesota.
Marge will be greatly missed by her grandchildren, Paula (Brad) Cherry, Ron (Angie) Parrish, and Deb (Jerry) Fischer; great-grandchildren, Lindsay and Scott Lincoln, Matt and Emily Righi, Megan Fischer, and Austin Parrish; great-great-grandchildren, Braiden and Addison Mishler, her “adopted daughter”, Judy Rogers; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dick Swartfager; parents; siblings; son, Tommy Ogilvie; daughter, Shirley Parrish; and son-in-law, Bill Parrish.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Ankeny United Church of Christ or Unity Point Taylor House Hospice.
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