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Margery Effie Norwood (Wopschall)
January 21, 1916 – September 22, 2012
Margery was born in Millbrook, South Dakota to Walter and Effie Wopschall. She was the second of four children, older brother Max and two younger brothers Arlyn and Wesley who all preceded her in death. When she was two her dad purchased 650 acres of farm land in Kenaston, Sask., Canada. Thus began her life on the prairie. When she was 18 she left her Perrier life and moved to Pasadena, California to live with her aunt and go to college. She met and married Eugene F. Norwood in 1942. He also preceded her in death. Margery drew up the house plans and her father and uncle built their first home in Los Angeles, California where Margery worked at Palomar College until she retired. She was also very active in the community church of Vista, where she was on several boards and served as a deaconess. At the time of her death she was living with her daughter in San Diego. She is survived by her daughter Ann Daniels, granddaughter Amanda Daniels of Vista and many nieces and nephews, along with her childhood friends in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Graveside services will be held Sept. 7, 2013, 11:30 a.m. at the Kenaston public cemetery followed with a light luncheon at the Evangelical Missionary Church. In keeping with her love of reading in lieu of flowers please make a book donation in her name to the public library.