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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11214
Title: Marcia M. Anderson
Date: 1935 - 2008
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 6/27/1935
Summary: Marcia Marie Anderson, 72, passed away on May 30, 2008 after a courageous year long battle with cancer. A memorial service was held Friday, July 18, 2008, at Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck with Rev. Michael Horn officiating. Marcia was born June 27, 1935 in Glendale, CA, the daughter of Hazel House Rohde and Ralph Louis Rohde. She grew up in Grand Forks, ND and graduated from Red River High. She received a BS in Medical Technology from the University of North Dakota. She married Gary Anderson on August 24, 1956. After graduation from UND they moved to Bismarck, ND where she worked as a Medical Technologist at Bismarck Hospital. They returned to Grand Forks where Gary started working in the Rohde family business, Congress Inc. They spent 10 years in Grand Forks expanding the business and their family. In 1968 they purchased Buck Distributing and opened the Bismarck operationof Congress Inc. Marcia found her calling as a bookkeeper for the business. She was instrumental in developing the accounting department and bringing computerization to the business. She and her husband developed Front Street Station in Bismarck. The Front Street property consisted of 5 buildings built in 1911 and Marcia was proud to be a part of restoring a treasured landmark. Marcia traveled extensively to wineries in Europe, the U.S., South America, and Australia. She and Gary had a passion for traveling. They explored the top of the world, the bottom of the world and everywhere in between. In the late 1990s Marcia and Gary retired and beganspending more time at their home in Cambria, CA. She loved the picturesque views and the calming rhythm of the ocean. Marcia was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, Bismarck Women’s Book Club, PEO, Cambria Garden Club, Cambria Computer Club and several yoga groups in Bismarck and Cambria. Marcia is survived by her loving husband of 52 years, Gary; her children, Geoffrey (Deb) Anderson, Naomi Anderson Hummel, and Jared (Denise) Anderson; seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and one brother, Russell (Moe) Rohde, M.D. She will be greatly missed by her many friends and family.
Red ID: FND_I_61978 Image ID: 522145 Image Notes: FND001 11214

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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