GREAT FALLS—Marjorie Akrep, 96, of Great Falls, died unexpectedly at home on April 7, 2015.
Marjorie was born on July 21, 1918 in the Syracuse, NY area. Overcoming difficult childhood circumstances to graduate from normal school, she held a variety of jobs including filing fingerprints for the FBI in Washington, D.C. during the war, where she met J. Edgar Hoover.
She married Joseph Akrep in New Jersey in 1952, and she later taught elementary school in Woonsocket, R.I. for some years. They retired to Wildwood, Florida, but after his death she relocated to Great Falls to be near family. Blessed with good health, she continued to drive and live independently.
Marjorie was a talented gardener, seamstress, cook, a science fiction fan, and loved the Red Sox and the Patriots.
She was preceded in death by her husband Joe in 2007, and by a sister and a brother.
Survivors include three children, three grandchildren, and a niece.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Apr. 9, 2015
Marjorie was born on July 21, 1918 in the Syracuse, NY area. Overcoming difficult childhood circumstances to graduate from normal school, she held a variety of jobs including filing fingerprints for the FBI in Washington, D.C. during the war, where she met J. Edgar Hoover.
She married Joseph Akrep in New Jersey in 1952, and she later taught elementary school in Woonsocket, R.I. for some years. They retired to Wildwood, Florida, but after his death she relocated to Great Falls to be near family. Blessed with good health, she continued to drive and live independently.
Marjorie was a talented gardener, seamstress, cook, a science fiction fan, and loved the Red Sox and the Patriots.
She was preceded in death by her husband Joe in 2007, and by a sister and a brother.
Survivors include three children, three grandchildren, and a niece.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Apr. 9, 2015
GREAT FALLS—Marjorie Akrep, 96, of Great Falls, died unexpectedly at home on April 7, 2015.
Marjorie was born on July 21, 1918 in the Syracuse, NY area. Overcoming difficult childhood circumstances to graduate from normal school, she held a variety of jobs including filing fingerprints for the FBI in Washington, D.C. during the war, where she met J. Edgar Hoover.
She married Joseph Akrep in New Jersey in 1952, and she later taught elementary school in Woonsocket, R.I. for some years. They retired to Wildwood, Florida, but after his death she relocated to Great Falls to be near family. Blessed with good health, she continued to drive and live independently.
Marjorie was a talented gardener, seamstress, cook, a science fiction fan, and loved the Red Sox and the Patriots.
She was preceded in death by her husband Joe in 2007, and by a sister and a brother.
Survivors include three children, three grandchildren, and a niece.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Apr. 9, 2015
Marjorie was born on July 21, 1918 in the Syracuse, NY area. Overcoming difficult childhood circumstances to graduate from normal school, she held a variety of jobs including filing fingerprints for the FBI in Washington, D.C. during the war, where she met J. Edgar Hoover.
She married Joseph Akrep in New Jersey in 1952, and she later taught elementary school in Woonsocket, R.I. for some years. They retired to Wildwood, Florida, but after his death she relocated to Great Falls to be near family. Blessed with good health, she continued to drive and live independently.
Marjorie was a talented gardener, seamstress, cook, a science fiction fan, and loved the Red Sox and the Patriots.
She was preceded in death by her husband Joe in 2007, and by a sister and a brother.
Survivors include three children, three grandchildren, and a niece.
Complete obituary published in Great Falls Tribune on Apr. 9, 2015
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