Marjorie Todd 1932-2022

Marjorie Belle Todd, 89, formerly of Effingham, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at Holton Community Hospital.

Memorial services were held Saturday, Jan. 29 at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeff Cochran officiating. Private family burial will be held at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Effingham Union Church or the Effingham Library and may be sent in care of Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home. Condolences to the family may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com

Marjorie was born on Feb. 4, 1932, in Denison, the daughter of Loyd and Flossie (Renfro) Coleman. She graduated from Denison High School in 1950.

Marjorie worked as a secretary for USD 377 for many years. She was a member of the Effingham Union Church, where she served as an elder, taught Sunday school and Bible classes and was a member of the Union Church Women. She was also a member of the Community Club, Pony Express Travelers RV Club and the Red Hatter’s Club and enjoyed reading, cooking, spending time with her family and volunteering at the church and library.

She married Clarence Todd on Aug. 11, 1951, at her parents’ home in Denison. Mr. Todd survives of the home in Holton.

Additional survivors include two sons, David R. (Elizabeth) Todd, Effingham, and Allen R. (Wendy) Todd, Manhattan; a daughter, Diane (Kevin) Kiehl, Horton; a sister, Elsie Fitzgerald, Spring Hill; nine grandchildren, Jared Todd, Dallas Todd, Megan Gracey, Mindee Gehring, Jordan Todd, Derek Todd, Matthew Kiehl, Claire Todd and Coleman Todd; and nine great-grandchildren, Maddox, Marcello, Isabel, Khloe, Knox, Canon, Graham, Dawson and Deacon. Her parents, two infant daughters, Brenda Claire and Carol Nadine, three brothers, Wilbur, Dallas and Everett Coleman, and a sister, Shirley Jenson, preceded her in death.

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