Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Marion Louise Lonsberry, 88, of Prescott, died on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Marion was born on Dec. 12, 1919, in Eugene, Ore., the daughter of the Rev. A. Lynn and Ruby (Arnold) Lonsberry.
She graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Ore., in 1936. After a year at Oregon State College, she transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, graduating in 1943 with a B.A. in General Literature.
After graduation, she worked at Radio Station KIRO in Seattle, first in the Music Library and then in the Operations Department. Two years later, she moved to San Francisco where she worked in the Music Library at Radio Station KSFO. She went to New York City in 1948 and worked for CBS in the Radio Network Operations Department before becoming Operations Manager for WCBS-TV. In 1962, she moved to Denver, Colo., and went back to school where she got her M.L.S. from the University of Denver. She worked at the Denver Public Library until her retirement in 1985. She moved to Prescott in 1993. Her sister, Helen, and a friend from her New York and Denver days, Eve Lee, joined her in 1962.
She is survived by many friends. Her sister, Helen, preceded her in death in 2005.
A celebration of Marion's Life will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 630 Park Ave., with inurnment in the church's niche wall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Marion's name can be sent to International Rescue Committee, 122 E. 42nd St. Attn. T. Mal-lory-Curtis, New York, NY 10168-1289.
Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Information provided by survivors.
[Courtesy of Judy Wight Branson]
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Marion Louise Lonsberry, 88, of Prescott, died on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Marion was born on Dec. 12, 1919, in Eugene, Ore., the daughter of the Rev. A. Lynn and Ruby (Arnold) Lonsberry.
She graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Ore., in 1936. After a year at Oregon State College, she transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, graduating in 1943 with a B.A. in General Literature.
After graduation, she worked at Radio Station KIRO in Seattle, first in the Music Library and then in the Operations Department. Two years later, she moved to San Francisco where she worked in the Music Library at Radio Station KSFO. She went to New York City in 1948 and worked for CBS in the Radio Network Operations Department before becoming Operations Manager for WCBS-TV. In 1962, she moved to Denver, Colo., and went back to school where she got her M.L.S. from the University of Denver. She worked at the Denver Public Library until her retirement in 1985. She moved to Prescott in 1993. Her sister, Helen, and a friend from her New York and Denver days, Eve Lee, joined her in 1962.
She is survived by many friends. Her sister, Helen, preceded her in death in 2005.
A celebration of Marion's Life will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 630 Park Ave., with inurnment in the church's niche wall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Marion's name can be sent to International Rescue Committee, 122 E. 42nd St. Attn. T. Mal-lory-Curtis, New York, NY 10168-1289.
Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Information provided by survivors.
[Courtesy of Judy Wight Branson]
Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Marion Louise Lonsberry, 88, of Prescott, died on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Marion was born on Dec. 12, 1919, in Eugene, Ore., the daughter of the Rev. A. Lynn and Ruby (Arnold) Lonsberry.
She graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Ore., in 1936. After a year at Oregon State College, she transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, graduating in 1943 with a B.A. in General Literature.
After graduation, she worked at Radio Station KIRO in Seattle, first in the Music Library and then in the Operations Department. Two years later, she moved to San Francisco where she worked in the Music Library at Radio Station KSFO. She went to New York City in 1948 and worked for CBS in the Radio Network Operations Department before becoming Operations Manager for WCBS-TV. In 1962, she moved to Denver, Colo., and went back to school where she got her M.L.S. from the University of Denver. She worked at the Denver Public Library until her retirement in 1985. She moved to Prescott in 1993. Her sister, Helen, and a friend from her New York and Denver days, Eve Lee, joined her in 1962.
She is survived by many friends. Her sister, Helen, preceded her in death in 2005.
A celebration of Marion's Life will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 630 Park Ave., with inurnment in the church's niche wall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Marion's name can be sent to International Rescue Committee, 122 E. 42nd St. Attn. T. Mal-lory-Curtis, New York, NY 10168-1289.
Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Information provided by survivors.
[Courtesy of Judy Wight Branson]
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Marion Louise Lonsberry, 88, of Prescott, died on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Marion was born on Dec. 12, 1919, in Eugene, Ore., the daughter of the Rev. A. Lynn and Ruby (Arnold) Lonsberry.
She graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Ore., in 1936. After a year at Oregon State College, she transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, graduating in 1943 with a B.A. in General Literature.
After graduation, she worked at Radio Station KIRO in Seattle, first in the Music Library and then in the Operations Department. Two years later, she moved to San Francisco where she worked in the Music Library at Radio Station KSFO. She went to New York City in 1948 and worked for CBS in the Radio Network Operations Department before becoming Operations Manager for WCBS-TV. In 1962, she moved to Denver, Colo., and went back to school where she got her M.L.S. from the University of Denver. She worked at the Denver Public Library until her retirement in 1985. She moved to Prescott in 1993. Her sister, Helen, and a friend from her New York and Denver days, Eve Lee, joined her in 1962.
She is survived by many friends. Her sister, Helen, preceded her in death in 2005.
A celebration of Marion's Life will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 630 Park Ave., with inurnment in the church's niche wall.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Marion's name can be sent to International Rescue Committee, 122 E. 42nd St. Attn. T. Mal-lory-Curtis, New York, NY 10168-1289.
Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Information provided by survivors.
[Courtesy of Judy Wight Branson]
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Helen Lucile
LONSBERRY
1927 - 2005
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Marion Louise
LONSBERRY
1919 - 2007
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