- Date Of Birth: July 12, 1917
- Date Of Death: January 15, 2014
- State: Nebraska
Marjorie A. Riensche, 96, of Wahoo, formerly of Tecumseh and Cook, passed away January 15, 2014 at the South Haven Living Center in Wahoo, Nebraska. She was born to Willis and Fay (Gibb) Meade on July 12, 1917 in Tecumseh, Nebraska. Marjorie attended District 36 rural school for her elementary years and graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1934, along with her brother, Robert. They traveled to high school for two years with a horse and two-wheel cart, then drove a Model T Ford their final years and took two neighbors with them. Marjorie graduated with a certificate to teach rural school and started teaching in the fall of 1934 at a rural school south of Tecumseh for $30.00 per month. She taught for 7 years in four different rural schools and attended Peru State Teacher’s College.
She married Merle R. Riensche on March 29, 1941 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church west of Cook. After Merle was drafted in July 1941, Marjorie lived with Merle’s parents on a farmstead west of Cook. War kept Merle in the Army for four years and Marjorie was able to be with him while he was stationed in Williamsburg, VA, Wilmington, NC and El Paso, TX and during this time they established many life-long friendships.
After his discharge, Merle and Marjorie rented a farm for 10 years and then purchased the farm north of Tecumseh in 1956 where they spent many happy years raising their family and Marjorie helped Merle with the farm. She returned to teaching school in 1956 and 1957 prior to their daughter’s birth in 1958. She held several jobs over the years, working at Warden’s Clothing store for two years, the ASCS office for six years, clerk at the Tecumseh Livestock Auction for two years and helped in the Johnson County Weed office. Marjorie served as Johnson County Assessor for thirteen years prior to the retirement in 1983.
She is survived by her four children, Ronald Riensche and wife Nancy of Riverview, FL, Larry Riensche and wife Lenore of Whidbey Island, WA, Glen Riensche of Ashland and Barbara Washburn and husband Doug of Ashland, 10 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and many loving nieces, nephews and cousins.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Merle, brother, Robert Meade and wife Beth, sister, Edith Ferguson and husband Paul, grandson, Duane Riensche, niece, Kathryn Walker and nephew Darrel Wright and wife Jo.
