Marjorie Rose (Majerus) Seiler's Obituary
Marjorie Rose (Majerus) Seiler was born to Henry and Bertha (Lies) Majerus on December 5, 1920, at Colwich, KS and passed away on March 7, 2021 in Fredonia, KS.
Marjorie was the oldest of 4 girls and so was her dad’s helper with the livestock and farming. She tells of her uncle hauling grain to Goddard, KS with a team and wagon and her pay for the day would be a 5 cent candy bar and a 5 cent pop. On February 9, 1944, she and Lawrence Seiler were married and she continued farming side by side with him on a farm south of Maize, KS. She loved the Hereford cattle and the only machinery she refused to operate was the combine. She always had a huge garden and canned hundreds of quarts of fruits and vegetables and raised chickens to butcher and always had a hundred hens for eggs to trade for groceries. In 1960, the family moved to a farm north of Fredonia, KS. Times were changing and the large flock of hens was changed out for milk cows.
Some of the young men they hired as hay crews and silage crews in those days are still raving about the wonderful meals she prepared for them. She excelled at making bread, pies, especially meringue pies, cinnamon rolls and divinity candy. She always made sure the hay haulers had hamburgers for a 10 o’clock break in the morning, a big noon meal, fresh homemade doughnuts or some other delicacy in the afternoon and then if need be she fixed them supper. That along with getting the cows milked and the gardening done and keeping her own 4 kids busy helping.
In 1972 they sold the farm and moved back to Wichita. She eventually went to work for Cessna in the upholstery department where she was able to use her outstanding sewing skills. While working at Cessna she lived with and took care of her mother. In the evenings she would load up a carload of ladies and off they went to play bingo somewhere almost every night of the week. She retired from Cessna at the age of 67, moved back to Fredonia and built the new home she lived in until moving to Morningstar Care Home in July of 2020.
Retirement didn’t slow her down but gave her the opportunity to travel. She went by chartered bus trips to all 50 states. In between she belonged to the Gold Dust Quilters, the Sacred Heart Quilters, past member of the Fredonia Promenaders square dance club, Sacred Heart Altar Society and was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Not much happened in Fredonia without her being there. She was a Grand Marshall for Homecoming in 2018 and delivered Meals on Wheels until she was 90. If she wasn’t quilting or playing Bunko she was playing cards and she was a challenge, you better be on your toes to play with her. Then there was afternoon and sometimes morning coffee with her friends. Until activities closed because of COVID she was playing cards 4 evening a week.
She leaves her sister, Gladys Kraus of Colwich, KS, and sister-in-law Mildred Seiler
4 children;
Joyce and Lee Bracken of Fredonia
Dennis Seiler of Fredonia
Judy and Randy Condron of Shell Knob, MO
Glen Seiler of Alma, KS
With wonderful memories of fishing trips, learning to bake pies and loading up to go play bingo are her 7 granddaughters:
Jeanna and Preston Beeman, Reid, Tessa, Jorja
Charlotte and Tony Signer, Bryce, Jordan
Rebecca Oberly, Ryan, Kyle
Beth and Dan Bryant, Kamri
Amanda and Shawn Fox, Gabe, Grady
Greta and Marshall Sumner, Gus, Pryor
Suzy Cook, Quentin
and a whole bunch of nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Helen Seiler and Alice Vogeli, sister-in-law Martha Seiwert, brothers-in-law Raymond Seiler, Walter Seiler, Bill Seiler, John Kraus, Dick Seiwert, and Willie Vogeli.
Special thanks to the Ramsey family, Merlyn, Becky, Taylor and Zachary for the help and love given her and to the staff at Morningstar for helping her through these last few months.
The family will receive friends at visitation on Friday, March 12, 2021 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Countryside Funeral Home, Fredonia, KS
Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:00 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Fredonia, KS. Rosary will be held at 9:30 am prior to service.
Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Fredonia, KS
Memorial contributions can be made to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church or the Fredonia Senior Center and can be mailed to or left with the funeral home.
Services entrusted to:
Countryside Funeral Home, 420 S. 20th, PO Box 247, Fredonia, KS 66736
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