Marjorie Lebo

September 24, 1919 - April 5, 2014

Marjorie Lebo, 94, formerly of 724 7th Street in Boone, passed away at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone on Sunday afternoon, March 30, 2014. She was born on September 24, 1919 in Ogden, Iowa the daughter of. Samuel and Ethel (Jones) Wirtz. On August 25, 1946, she married Ray M. Lebo at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple farmed in Boone County until moving to Ames, Iowa in 1968 where Marjorie worked in the Housekeeping Department at Iowa State University. In 1992, the couple returned to Boone to make their home before moving into the Eastern Star Masonic Home in December of 2006. Marjorie was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Boone and had been active in her Church Circle in the past. She was also a member of Eastern Star, Magi Chapter. Her parents; husband Ray in May of 2012; and a brother Everett Wirtz preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughter Marlene Gustafson and husband Jim of Urbandale, Iowa; a grandson Michael Gustafson of Eagle River, Alaska; a granddaughter Amy deBuhr and husband Brian of Clive, Iowa; 2 great-grandsons Benjamin deBuhr and Charlie deBuhr; a brother Robert Wirtz of Ogden, Iowa; and several nieces and nephews. Following her wishes, the body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held on Saturday morning, April 5th at 10:00 a.m. at the Eastern Star Masonic Home Chapel in Boone with Rev. Sarah Karber officiating. Interment will be in the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the First United Methodist Church or the Eastern Star Masonic Home both in Boone.