Marjorie Justice

Funeral Service for Marjorie Justice, 75, of Ekalaka, MT will be at 1:00 p. m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in the Chapel of Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka, MT. Interment will follow in Beaver Lodge Cemetery at Ekalaka. Visitation will be 6:30 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. on Monday, June 11th, at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka, with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p. m. Visitation will continue on Tuesday from 9:00 a. m. until the time of Service at 1:00 P. M.

Marjorie passed away on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at Holy Rosary Healthcare Extended Care in Miles City, MT.

Marjorie M. Justice was born on October 28, 1936, at Casselton, ND a daughter of Robert H. and Pernella Josephine (Ellison) Priewe. She was the fifth of five children. At the age of five, Marjorie moved with her mother and siblings to her uncle and aunt, Bill and Esther Jeremiason?s farm east of Belle Fourche, SD. There she attended the Ingersol Country School and high school in Belle Fourche where she graduated in 1953. Following her graduation, Marjorie worked as a bookkeeper for Belle Fourche Implement. Marjorie met Delbert Lee Justice, an electrical lineman and the two were married on June 10, 1956, in Belle Fourche. The couple had a son Gregory in 1958 before moving to Ekalaka in 1959 where Delbert had taken a job as a lineman for Southeast Electric Cooperative. The couple?s son, Brian, was born in Ekalaka in 1960, and Marjorie remained a homemaker until resuming her career as a deputy in the Carter County Treasurer?s Office in 1969. She was elected as county treasurer in 1971 and held the position until 1975 when she and friend/co-worker Viola Stenseth alternated positions as deputy and treasurer. Marjorie was elected again in 1983 and held the position until her retirement in December 2002. Marjorie was a member of the Ekalaka Bible Church, Red Hat Society, the American Legion Auxiliary, and VFW Auxiliary and enjoyed playing bridge, square dancing and social dancing.

Marjorie is survived by her husband, Delbert Justice of Ekalaka, MT; her two sons, Gregory (Kim) Justice, Miles City, MT and Brian Justice, Tullahoma, TN; three grandchildren, Jason Lee Justice, Kathleen Jo (Paul Sparks) Justice and Monica Joy Justice; two great-grandchildren, Tristan Lee Justice and Gideon Gregory Sparks one brother, Roderick (Dorothy) Priewe, Colorado Springs, CO and a sister-in-law, Kari Priewe, Colony, WY. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Pernella Priewe, two brothers, Robert Ellison ?Elly? and Conrad Priewe and her sister, Pernella J. Torrey.