Marjorie Feld

March 1, 1936 - June 17, 2019

Marjorie Feld, RN (nee Heintz) was born on March 1, 1936 at Ravenswood Hospital in Chicago to George and Dolly (nee Ethel Heintz). She was baptized at Saint Gregory the Great church on the very same day as her future husband, John Feld, but they would not actually meet until May 11, 1955 when they went on a blind date together. Marj attended Saint Gertrude grammar school, along with her sister and only sibling Libby, who still resides in St. Gertrude Parish. After graduating from St. Gertrude School in 1950, Marj went on to attend St. Scholastica High School (class of ‘54), followed by three years of nurse’s training at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Chicago. She married John J. Feld on September 6, 1958 in St. Gertrude Church. Marj and John have five children: Cathy (Glenn) Shipp, Carol (Jeffrey) Clennon, John Jr. (Malissa), Mary Ellen Rapp, and Bill (Tina). Marj was a great mom - strong, loving, and no-nonsense...except when she wanted to have fun, which was often. Her kids and their spouses will miss her like crazy, as will her 10 very lucky grandchildren: Colleen, John, Megan, Kayla, Peter, Rachael, Taylor, Shannon, Hannah, and Austin, as well as her two cherished great-granddaughters, Olivia Jo and Ella Marjorie. Marj worked as a nurse at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston for more than 35 years serving in many leadership capacities. She was an extraordinary volunteer for St. Gertrude parish and school, as well as the Howard Area Community Center and the Elks Club. Her volunteering extended well into her retirement as a docent at The Cross at the Crossroads in Effingham, IL, and at Red Cross blood drives. Marj and John retired to a small, lovely house on Lake Sara in Effingham, IL in 1998. They had many friends, loved to travel and generally had a lot of fun. Marj faced many physical struggles in her life beginning with polio in her childhood, cancer as a young mom, and Parkinson’s disease and dementia in her later years. Despite all this, Marj lived a faith-filled life with dignity, joy and gratitude for all that she had been given. Marj entered eternal life on June 17, 2019. A beautiful, caring and giving woman, Marj was and is well-loved, and will most definitely be well-missed. If you’d like to do something nice in memory of Marj, you can make a donation to the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation, 1201 N. Main St., PO Box 222, Chatham, IL 62629, or online at www.IllinoisElksCCC.org