Marjorie Stewart

Stewart, Marjorie Ann (Smock), late of Metcalfe Gardens in St. Thomas,
Ontario, Canada, passed away December 21, 2009 in her 83rd year.
Predeceased by her beloved husband of 59 years, William Lester Stewart
(2005), a sister Betty Vogel (1971) and her parents Monroe Thomas and
Elizabeth (McDonald) Smock of Daviess Co. Kentucky.

Mourned by son Jim Stewart and wife Dorothy of St. Thomas and
grandsons Noah Stewart, and girlfriend Allison Rinkel, and Perry
Stewart of London, Ontario. Also survived by numerous nieces and
nephews and cousins throughout the US.

Marji was born in Ranger, Texas in 1927 and grew up in Texas, Missouri
and Kentucky. Her father was a riverboat captain so the family moved
around extensively. Marji and Bill, in their married life, did the
same, making homes in Kentucky, California and later in Nevada, Utah
and St. Thomas, Ontario. They travelled extensively throughout the
southwest US and Israel.

Marji received degrees from UCLA, University of Kentucky and her PhD
in Home Economics at Ohio State University in 1968. She taught in the
Kentucky secondary school system, at Murray State University and the
University of Kentucky at Lexington where she served as Dean of the
College of Home Economics from 1972 to 1982. As Dean, she oversaw the
university extension services throughout the state.

A memorial service will be held at Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, 900 Old
Hartford Rd, Owensboro at 2 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 30th. There will be
visitation at the funeral home on Tuesday December 29th from 6 to 8
p.m. and Wednesday Dec. 30th from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. She will be
interred beside her husband Bill in the Owensboro Memorial Gardens
Veterans' Field of Honor. In lieu of flowers, remembrances to the
Stewart Family Consumer Sciences Cooperative Extension Endowed
Scholarship at UK or the library of your choice would be appreciated.