Marjorie A. Voecks

NORFOLK – Funeral service for Marjorie Ann (Kaspar) Voecks, 93, of Norfolk will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at the Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. Interment will be held at the Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Norfolk. Visitation will be held from 4:00-6:00 p.m., Monday, also at the Stonacek Funeral Chapel. Marjorie passed away on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at the Norfolk Veterans Home. The service will be live-streamed on the Stonacek Funeral Chapel Facebook page. Stonacek Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Marjorie was born on the family farm near Fairfax, South Dakota to Rudolph “Ralph” and Clara (Hattig) Kaspar on April 2, 1928. She boarded a school bus when she was 6 and rode it every day to attend the Fairfax, SD Consolidated School. She was baptized and confirmed at Hope Congregational Church in Fairfax. In 1944 she moved with her parents and 2 sisters to Pierce, NE. She attended Pierce High School until 1946 when her parents moved to Norfolk. She graduated from Norfolk High School in 1947. In 1946 she was confirmed in the adult class of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Norfolk. On August 4, 1950, she married Norman “Smokey” Voecks of Norfolk. They met at the Pierce Pavilion where he asked her for a dance. After marriage, Marjorie worked for Dudley‘s Dry Cleaners and Laundry and New Way Dry Cleaners until they moved to Lawton, Oklahoma in March, 1953 which is where Norman took advanced training at Fort Sill. When he was shipped overseas to go to Korea she went and lived with her parents in Norfolk and she then worked at Rasley Cleaners from 1953 to 1964. When Norman was honorably discharged, the couple continued living in Norfolk and became members at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. She later went to work for the Norfolk Regional Center in the laundry department for 26 years until she retired. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and the V.F.W. Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening and anything that was outdoors. Margie enjoyed going to dances with her husband Smokey, Bohemian music, looking at classic cars, camping, traveling, spending time with her many friends and extended family, and spending time with her husband Smokey. Survivors include her nieces Judy (Ken) Wolfe of Long View Washington, Margaret Anderson (Dan Rohlfing) of Long View, Washington, Elaine (Dennis) Renner of Norfolk, nephew Doug (Donna) Vyhlidal of Norfolk, nieces Vickie Bass of Norfolk, Brenda Martinez of Fairfield, CA, and nephew-in-law Jon Brandt of Pierce. She was preceded in death by her spouse Norman “Smokey” on September 23, 2021, her parents, mother-in-law and father-in-law William and Alma, sisters and spouses Donna (Joe) Vyhlidal, Delilah (Jim) O’Connell, brother-in-law and spouse Lester (Jane) Voecks, and niece Connie Brandt. Casket bearers will be Darral Voecks, Doug Vyhlidal, Dennis Renner, Joe Brandt, Mark Kaspar, and Al Beckman. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Marjorie A. Voecks

April 2, 1928 - November 18, 2021