Marjorie Grace Traylor
Marjorie Grace Traylor, 84, of Denton, passed away on Friday, February 26 at Denton Regional Medical Center. She was a resident at Lake Forest Good Samaritan Retirement Village. Marge (Margie) was born in Bangor, Maine to Victor and May Jorgenson on November 15, 1925. She was preceded in death in 2000 by Ernest, her husband of 55 years and infant son Donald Lee Traylor. She leaves behind two wonderful daughters and their husbands, Nancy and Dennis Nivens of Grapevine, and Betty and Bill Reed of Denton. She is also survived by two precious granddaughters, Traci Nivens Zaretsky and her husband Michael of Plano and Karen Reed McWilliams and her husband Aaron of Wylie as well as her greatest joy, great-granddaughters Arielle and Eliana Zaretsky and Olivia and Harper McWilliams. She is also survived by a sister, Alla-Lee Reinhardt of San Antonio, a brother-in-law, Dale Traylor of Colorado Springs and sister-in-law, Odessa Boris of Mesa Arizona.Marge graduated from Austin High School in El Paso, TX, and Draughton's Business College, with additional hours at New Mexico State University, Alamogordo and Eastern New Mexico University in Roswell. She was employed for 25 years as an executive secretary to the Title 1 Director of Roswell Public Schools in New Mexico. She married Ernest Adrian Traylor on October 25, 1945 in El Paso. They lived in Roswell New Mexico for 37 years. In 1980 they retired to Cloudcroft, New Mexico and lived in the mountains for 16 wonderful years. In 1996 they moved to Lake Forest to be closer to their daughters.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, February 28 at 1:30 pm at Mead Chapel, Lake Forest Good Samaritan Village, with Reverend Lynda Schupp officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lake Forest Good Samaritan Health Care Center or the Denton Humane Society