Marjorie Joan Reid

of Sierra Vista, Arizona, was called to her eternal

home on Monday, April 4, 2022. The cause of

death was congestive heart failure. Her request,

for whomever she spoke with was to pray for her

to go home. She is where she has longed to go

and is experiencing what she prayed for. Our

joy as a family is in the hope that lies in heaven

as we together look for His return.

Marjorie was born in Denver, Colorado on

January 20, 1938 to Reverend Raymond and

Margaret Schachterle. She was the oldest child,

joined by a brother, Raymond Eugene, and a

sister, Janice Arlene. In 1953 she married her

childhood sweetheart, Reverend G. Dean Reid.

Together they had three daughters: Marjorie

Dawn, Susan Joann, and Twila Janece.

Marjorie is survived by her brother and sister-inlaw,

Reverend Gene and Karen Schachterle of

Kearney, Nebraska; daughters and their

husbands: Dawn and Rev. Robert Drake of

Sierra Vista, Arizona, Susan and Roger Bohning

of Springfield, Missouri, Twila and Rev. Kevin

Vander-Plas of Lubbock, Texas; nine

grandchildren and their spouses: Heather

Drake, Heidi and Jonathan Doudna, Rev.

Nathan and Danielle Drake, Rev. Jordan and

Jessica Drake, Carrie and Jeromy Bates,

Carmen and Travis Bradshaw, Claire and Rev.

Matt South, Stephanie and Matt Hale, and

Kristen and David LaFreniere; fourteen greatgrandchildren;

extended relatives and a host of

friends.

Together, Marjorie and her husband pastored

churches in Colorado, Missouri, California,

Texas, and Hawaii and taught Bible, Music and

other courses at college level in Bible Colleges in

Missouri and Colorado. They traveled

evangelizing across America and overseas in

missions.

Marjorie was gifted and proficient in both piano

and organ. While in junior high, Marjorie’s

guidance counselor sent for her, revealing that

she tested at a genius I.Q., and encouraged her

to keep pursuing education. She enjoyed

reading her Bible, the obituaries, and anything

that would appease her hunger for knowledge.

She always wanted to have knowledge of

information first, not to be informed by someone

else. She generously tipped those who served

her. She was not a real good cook or listener

but loved trying new foods and watching people.

She relentlessly asked probing questions and

pursuing information, refusing to give up until

she was satisfied with the information she

received. Things she enjoyed included: the

sound of a train whistle, watching whales, seeing

Arizona quail with their cute little babies in a row

and birds of all kinds, especially the

Mockingbird and Cardinal, bargain-shopping

for clothes, pink petunias, red geraniums,

traveling with her husband and weeding the

flowerpots at the places they stayed, and

talking.

The family would like to say “Thank You” to

those attending her memorial here in Denver on

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. There will

be an additional memorial service in Sierra Vista,

Arizona to be announced at a later date. We

also greatly appreciate the kindness to us as a

family during the time of her passing from the

staff at Valor Hospice and Hatfield Funeral

Home of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and Olinger

Crown Hill of Denver, Colorado.

From granddaughter Stephanie: “Grandma used

to take us to the library to read and then to

Sonic for a burger and shake…except her shake

was always a Strawberry Slimfast so she could

say that she had a Slimfast for lunch! She also

was the best back-tickler. I used to always try to

sit next to her at the dinner table because she

would reach over and tickle my back.”

From granddaughter Kristen: “I fondly

remember texting and sharing pictures of my life

with Grandma, who especially enjoyed getting

pictures of me, my husband David, and our

puppy, Copper. In the last text exchange, she

responded to a picture of the three of us, saying

that she loved us and that we were ‘good

looking.’ That gives me a lot of peace in this

time.”