Marjorie Mae Dietz, 88 died Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at Golden living Nursing Home in St. Charles.

Marge was born May 10, 1927 in Beloit WI.  She graduated from Beloit Memorial High School in 1945 and attended Minnesota Bible College in Minneapolis for 2 years.  On November 20, 1947 she was married to Cecil Dietz.  They farmed on his farm near Cogswell, ND.  While living near Cogswell Marge taught in a one room school for 1 and ½ years as well as teaching music in the local school district.

In 1956 Marge and Cecil moved to Beloit WI where she did substitute teaching in the area schools, worked in the food service at Beloit College and managed the Aldrich Junior High School cafeteria.

In addition to teaching, Marge enjoyed being involved in church programs.  She taught Vacation Bible School, Sunday School, singing and directing the church choir.  Marge would often entertain her grand children with her singing and yodeling talent.

In 1968 Marge and Cecil returned to the farm when they moved to Finlayson MN.  While in Finlayson Marge completed her secondary education and received a degree from Bemidji State College in Elementary Education and Library Science.  Marge then taught for 20 years in the Finlayson School District.

Marge retired from teaching in 1989 at which time she and Cecil moved to the Phoenix AZ area.

In 1999 they moved back to Madison WI.  In 2006 they moved to Eyota.  Marge and Cecil lived in the Arbor Garden Assisted Living until 2011 when they moved to the Golden Living Center in St. Charles.

She leaves her 4 sons, Gene(Denise) Dietz, Cincinnati, OH, Lyle (Colleen) Dietz Sibley, IA, Dwight (Sandy) Dietz, Oshkosh, WI, Paul (Jenny) Dietz, Harmony, MN.  2 daughters Lila Redetske, Watertown SD, Debbie (Ken) Cochrun, Talladega, AL, 26 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Cecil (October 2014), her parents John and Frieda (Witchelt) Schoville and 1 sister Betty McCabe.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00AM Saturday August 22, 2015 in the River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home in Rochester with a visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Sargent County Cemetery in Cogswell, North Dakota at a later date.