Marjorie E. Elder, age 94, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. She was born on December 16, 1928, in Meade, Kansas, the daughter of John Frederick and Vergie Irene Morrison Baker.
A resident of Wichita County, Kansas since 1941, moving from Stratton, Colorado, she was a homemaker and coowner and operator, with Gloria Long, of The Sewing Box.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Leoti, Kansas, Clerk for the Presbyterian Church, and a moderator of the United Presbyterian Women, and the Patchwork Quilters Guild in Leoti, Kansas.
On April 20, 1950, she married LeRoy “Buck” Elder in Leoti, Kansas. He passed away on December 7, 2005, in Leoti, Kansas.
Survivors include one son, Vaughn & Tina Elder of Leoti, Kansas; three daughters, Brenda Moody of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Karen Elder & Ron Rice of Antonio, Kansas, Richelle Elder of Santa Fe, New Mexico; two granddaughters, Tissha & Josh Brumm of Wellesley, Mass, Tirra & Jordan Carter of Scott City, Kansas; and eight great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother, Gordon Baker; and sister, Arlene Green.
Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 2, 2023, at Price & Sons Funeral home in Leoti, Kansas.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the First Presbyterian Church in Leoti, Kansas, with Pastor Steve Payne presiding.
Interment will be in the Leoti Cemetery in Leoti, Kansas.
Memorials in Lieu of Flowers can be made to the Leoti EMT’s in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, PO Box 161, Scott City, Kansas 67871.
