Marna Feldt

We mourn and honor Marna Feldt, who passed away on February 20, 2023, in Red Bank, NJ,

where she was born.

Marna was the daughter of Bessie (Doris) and Harry Feldt, who predeceased her, as did her

brother, Leonard Feldt (Natalie), and her sister, Corinne (Feldt) Stutts (Warren). She is

survived by her nephews and nieces, Jonathan P. Stutts, Paul A. Stutts, Sarabeth A. Stutts,

Sarah A. (Feldt) Roach, and Daniel C. Feldt, five great-nephews and nieces and many, many

dear friends around the world.

A graduate of Rumson, NJ, High School and Ursinus College, in PA, Marna participated in

summer volunteer work projects in Austria, Germany, Jamaica and Colorado, as well as

Dormsjö and Stockholm, Sweden. She spent several summers as a guide and translator at the

Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm, and a year at the Tollare Folk High

School in Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden. She also taught at the George School in Buck’s County, PA,

served as Executive Secretary for the Lisle Fellowship in Ann Arbor, MI and as Assistant

Director for the American-Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia, PA.

After receiving her M.A. in Scandinavian Language and Literature at the University of

California-Berkeley in 1966, Marna was hired by the newly established Swedish Information

Service in New York, operating under the Swedish Foreign Ministry. She worked there for

thirty years, retiring as Senior Information/Cultural Affairs Officer in 1996. Among her many

honors were the King’s Medal (Sweden) for Devoted Service and the Swedish Order of the

Polar Star. She also received the Amandus Johnson Service Medal from the American-Swedish

Historical Museum.

She loved the theater and literature, hiking in Scandinavia with friends, walking and swimming

at her retirement community, anything mango, and formed enduring friendships throughout

her entire life.

Memorial Services for Marna Feldt will be held at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson, NJ on

February 23, 2023, led by Rabbi Sagal.

In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution in her name to your own favorite charity, with

notifications sent to her niece at: sastutts@gmail.com.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.bloomfieldcooperocean.com for the Feldt family.