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Marilynn MOE

Female 1923 - 2009  (86 years)


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  • Name Marilynn MOE 
    Birth 21 Mar 1923  Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Fergus Falls
    Gender Female 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 2009-MN-026275 
    Death 12 Sep 2009  Washington County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Woodwinds Hospital, Woodbury
    Burial Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Born Edith Marilynn.

      In the 1939/40 Fergus Falls city directory, she was Marilynn Moe, high school student, living at 116 Bancroft Avenue East. In the 1941/42 Fergus Falls city directory, she is E. Marilynn Moe, living with her mother at 116 Bancroft Avenue East.

      Her obit:

      Marilynn M. Lee, 86, of Woodbury, Minn., and formerly of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at the Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury.

      She was born March 21, 1923, in Fergus Falls, the daughter of Robert S. and Judith L. (Johnson) Moe. She grew up in Fergus Falls, graduating from high school in 1941. She attended the University of Minnesota, receiving her B.S. in 1949, and her Masters in Social Work in 1951.

      On Dec. 28, 1950, she married Owen M. Lee at Zion Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls.

      Marilynn was employed with the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul from 1951 to 1988 as a social worker. She was serving as Vice-president and Division Director of Children’s and Family Services at the time of her retirement in 1988.

      During World War II she held a technical position with the FBI in Washington, D.C., for three years.

      She was formerly a member of the National Association of Social Workers.

      Marilynn enjoyed playing piano, music, reading, and playing golf in her younger years. She especially enjoyed entertaining friends and relatives at their home on Lake Superior, near Lutsen, Minn.

      Survivors include her husband, Owen M. Lee of Woodbury; a stepbrother, Luther Pederson; two stepsisters-in-law, Marian Pederson and Margret Pederson; 10 nephews and nieces; and many grandnieces and nephews.

      Preceding her in death were her parents, Robert and Judith Moe; her stepfather, Rev. Elias Pederson; her grandparents: Charles and Mary Johnson, and Paul and Marie Moe; two stepbrothers, Reuben Pederson and Morton Pederson; and a stepsister, Henrietta Pederson Bye.

      Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Zion Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls
      Clergy: Rev. Marv Abrahamson
      Interment: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls
      Funeral home: Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls
    Person ID I13150  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 11 May 2021 

    Father Robert S MOE,   b. 30 Jun 1893, Hanska, Brown County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1929, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Judith Lenore (Nora) JOHNSON,   b. 10 Aug 1894, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1968, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1920 
    Family ID F9687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Owen M LEE 
    Marriage 28 Dec 1950  Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2009