pMarjorie S. Wendell, 96, formerly of Henderson and currently a resident at the Diamond Hill Nursing & Rehab Center in Troy, passed September 6, 2016 at Samaritan Hospital in Troy./ppArrangements are with the Hart & Bruce Funeral Home, Watertown. A graveside service will be Noon Friday, September 9th at Brookside Cemetery./ppThe family will host a celebration of her life following the burial at the Henderson Community Center from 1 to 4:30 p.m./ppMarjorie was born on September 19, 1919 in Watertown, the daughter of David Irland and Annabel Grace (Clark) Stadden./ppShe attended high school in Milton, PA and in 1936 graduated at the age of 16. In 1940 she graduated from Bucknell University with a Bachelors Degree in Education./ppFollowing school she worked briefly at the hospital in Watertown and as a substitute teacher at a country school in Milton, PA before returning to Watertown, where she worked for a local insurance company and then for the hospital again./ppShe married John Allen in 1941. The couple had two children, Warren and James Allen. The marriage ended in divorce./ppShe then married Roger S. Wendell on June 5, 1946 in South Weymouth, Mass. The couple resided in Henderson and Henderson Harbor the rest of their lives where she was a homemaker. The couple was married for 56 years, Mr. Wendell passed in 2002. /ppMarjorie was a lifelong “rock hound”, and was a charter member and long time treasurer of the Jefferson County Rock and Mineral Club. She was a founding member of the Black River Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club,, a Girl Scout leader for many years, talented photographer, artist, cook and seamstress. She was an avid camper, canoeist and outdoor explorer with her husband Roger./ppAmong her survivors are a daughter, Sylvia Wendell, Menands, NY; three sons and three daughters-in-law, Charles “Chip” Wendell and Sabina Dowell, Andover, MA, Warren and Eleanor Allen, Watertown, James “Jim” Allen, NYC, Diana Wendell, Liverpool; a half sister, Carol Troxell, Milton, PA; seven grandchildren, David, Rachel, Crispin, and Avery Wendell, Daniel, Aaron and Zachary Allen; 10 nieces and nephews./ppA son Gordon Wendell passed Feb. 20, 1997, a daughter Joan Allen died in infancy, and two brothers, Warren and Richard Stadden also passed before her./ppOnline condolences may be made online at www.hartandbrucefh.com./p
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