MARPE, Zona Mae 1932-2018

MARPE

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 6/10/2020 at 22:39:48

Zona Mae Marpe, age 86 of rural Northwood died on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Emmons Lutheran Church in Emmons, Minnesota with Pastor David E. Schafer officiating. Burial was in Oak Lawn Cemetery, rural Emmons.

Zona Mae (Rovang) Marpe was born on May 10, 1932 to parents Clifford Elmer and Alma Marie (Ecklund) Rovang. She attended and graduated from Emmons High School in Emmons, MN and went on to get her degree as a Registered Nurse.

On October 17, 1954 she was married to Roger Marpe at the Emmons Lutheran Church. They made their home south of Emmons where Roger farmed and Zona was the director of nursing at the Lake Mills Care Center from 1968 until she retired in 1977. Zona also found time to tend to their home and the couple raised three boys: Scott, Todd and Kary.

Zona enjoyed many hobbies including gardening (both flowers and vegetables), her many fruit trees, bird watching, painting, rosemaling, and fishing. She was a faithful and dedicated member of the Emmons Lutheran Church volunteering in many capacities throughout the years. And she was forever proud of her boys, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Survivors include her children Scott (Diane Honsey) Marpe of Emmons, MN, Todd (Roxie) Marpe of Northwood, IA, and Kary Marpe of Minneapolis, MN; three grandchildren Nicole (Brad) Edwards of Hollandale, MN, Sara (Jourdan) Ingledue of Northwood, IA, and Zach Marpe of Northwood, IA; and five great grandchildren, Ryker, Harper, Xander and Asher Edwards and Chase, Taylor, Landon, Laylah and Aleah Ingledue.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Roger in 2016; and a sister Eileen Helgeson.