Marion Savich

Preferred spelling: Marian

Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Middle of five children: Peter, Martha, Marian, Sam and Jim

Born to her Danish-born father, Chris and her German-born mother, Christine

Chris and Christine Jacobson raised their five children on a farm in Racine, Wisconsin. Chris was a produce truck farmer, her mother a house wife.

Marion was married to George Savich for nearly 64 years. Mother of 2 children: Laura Jean, eldest David George, the youngest

Occupation: Traveling Child Evangelist 10 years

Piano Teacher, 35 years

Hobbies: Swimming

Reading good books, especially the Bible

Arranging flowers

Baking and cake decorating

Accomplishments: Graduate of North Central Bible Institute in Minnesota

Licensed minister in the Assemblies of God

Traveled: Holy Land 2X’s (1970’s)

Europe 2X’s (1980, 1991)

Nigeria, West Africa (July 1980)

Cancun, Yucatan, Mexico (1987 3-generation family vacation)

Various states around the country (visiting friends and relatives)

Cruise to Alaska (2003 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration)

How she met her husband:

When accompanying her brother, Peter, and his wife, Hazel, on a day trip to an Indian Reservation in the area of Lakeside, California (in San Diego County). George was helping the missionary dig a well. We believe they met in 1952. After she returned to Wisconsin to continue her work George continued to write letters to her and send her boxes of See’s Candy (chocolates) for her birthday. They married in April 1953 on the 11th day. They had a wedding ceremony in the Assemblies of God Church in Chula Vista, California followed by a wedding reception there and then another wedding reception in Wisconsin later on.

She and her husband started a children’s work in Coronado, California. They ministered to the wives and children of men who were serving in the Navy. They met in the VFW Hall until it was no longer available to them. Soon after that she became a pastor’s wife when her husband took the pastorate for 5 ½ years in San Ysidro, California. They then moved to Bonita, California for 45 years. She cared for her mother who lived in an apartment on their property (nearly 6 years). Marion served women and children in various capacities in the Assemblies of God churches over the years.

Known for:

Baking homemade rye/wheat bread weekly

Homemade Chicken Dumpling Soup

Frikadeller (Danish meatballs)

Cinnamon Rolls and nut topped sticky buns

Pies of all kinds with homemade pie crust

Best known as:

Being a dramatic teller of stories

Having beautiful penmanship

Has at one time or another:

Ridden a sled

Ridden in a canoe

Ice skated

Lived in a log cabin without running water or electricity (2 years)

Fished in Lakes

Snow skied (age 65) with granddaughter (age 4), daughter, son-in-law and her niece Ann

Ridden on the back of a camel

Ridden on the back of an elephant with her two year old granddaughter

Ridden the kiddie rides with grandchildren at Santa’s Village in the mountains and at the Del Mar Fair

Ridden a snow dish with grandson

Ridden in a small Cessna private plane

Ridden a snow mobile with her son on her brother’s farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin

Celebrated her 80th birthday at Disneyland with her adult children and son-in-law

Lived in her own home until age 92

Lived at Mt. Miguel Covenant Village, a retirement community in Spring Valley, California for nearly 3 years. She and her husband moved to a Memory Care Facility in Murrieta, California to live near her daughter (the remaining 5 months of her life on earth).

She lived a full life, was greatly blessed and had many favorite Bible verses.