Marjorie Strand

Marjorie Vowles Strand was born on October 24, 1922 in Tooele, Utah to Albert Orval

Vowles and Amy Orme Vowles. At the age of  five her family moved to Ogden, Utah where she

attended Dee Elementary, Central Junior High and Ogden High School.  Marjorie loved

literature and attended Weber College and Brigham Young University, graduating with a degree

in English in 1944.

While attending Weber College she met Harold Strand and they began a

courtship that blossomed, sometimes over long distances during World War II.

While Harold was home on leave from the U.S. Navy, they married in the LDS Logan

Temple on August 14,1944, VJ Day. They made their home first in Ogden and then became  long time residents of Pleasant View, Utah.

Marjorie was manager of the Weber College Bookstore and College Inn and  later as head

of the circulation department at the Ogden City Carnegie Library. She served on the Pleasant

View Planning Commission, the Board of the North View Senior Citizens Center, and a 4-H

leader for many years.

Marjorie was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and

served in many callings, her favorite, as a teacher. She was an avid genealogist. Marjorie was a

member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and

Fidelis Literary Club.

Marjorie and Harold are the loving and caring  parents of three children: Erik, Rebecca

(Don Powell), and Jeffrey(Jolene Bischoff). She is the grandmother of 11 grandchildren, and

37 great-grandchildren.

 She is survived by a brother, Dr. Keith Vowles; sister-in-laws, Beverly

Malan Strand and Mae Strand Roberts; and brother-in-law,  Don Roberts

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harold Strand; sister, Norma

McKay; brother, Robert Vowles; and son, Erik Harold Strand.

The family would like to express sincere appreciation to her friends and acquaintances

for their many years of friendship. We express a special thanks and  tribute to the staff of Quail

Meadow Assisted Living for their compassion, care, and love for our mother.

Funeral Services for Marjorie Strand will be held Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 2:00 p.m  at the

Cold Water Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 770 E

2100 N, Ogden, Utah. A viewing will held Friday from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Aaron’s Mortuary

located at 496  24th Street, Ogden, Utah and also before the funeral services on Saturday from

12:30 to 1:30 pm at the Cold Water Stake Center.  Interment, Ogden City Cemetery.