November 16, 2019 at 5:57 a.m.
Marjorie Hammond
June 29, 1927-Oct. 24, 2019
Marjorie Lou Hammond, 92, wife of the late Dr. Stanley M. Hammond, died peacefully on Oct. 24 in Fort Worth, Texas.
She was born on June 29, 1927, in Portland, Indiana, to Benjamin Wade Hawkins and Mabel Thomas Hawkins, the youngest of three daughters.
Marjorie Lou received her bachelor of the arts degree in music from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1949. In 1963, she and her family moved to Michigan City, Indiana, where she quickly became active in the music program at First Presbyterian Church. She served as rehearsal accompanist, organist, harpsichordist and chorister in the annual production of “Messiah” for most of the past 55 years. Mrs. Hammond performed regularly with area chamber music groups and volunteered in high school plays and music classes. She was an avid concertgoer whose love of music followed her everywhere and greatly enjoyed travel with her husband and children.
An accomplished homemaker and devoted mother with a pervasive sense of humor, Marjorie was often the first to laugh, especially if the joke was on her.
As a founding member of the Save the Dunes Foundation, Marge was a fervent conservationist. She was also a longtime and active member of the Nature Conservancy, Service League, an original charter member of DF chapter of PEO, active in the Michigan City Garden Club, the Jay County Historical Society, and was a 70 year member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marjorie is survived by her children, the Rev. Timothy B. Thomas (wife: Marguerite) of Flagler Beach, Florida, Benjamin W. Thomas (wife: Susette) of Austin, Texas, and Rebekah Thomas Natale (husband: Bruce) of Arlington, Texas; their half-brothers Chris Thomas, Carl Thomas and Mike Thomas; and grandchildren Kathryn Natale and Teresa Anne Schanbaum.
In her last years, Marjorie Lou lived in a retirement community near her daughter and son-in-law, who devoted themselves to her care.
A memorial service for Marjorie Lou will be held in the First Presbyterian Church in Michigan City on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m. Interment will be in the Green Park Cemetery in Portland.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Symphony Arlington in memory of Marjorie Hammond would be greatly appreciated.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
She was born on June 29, 1927, in Portland, Indiana, to Benjamin Wade Hawkins and Mabel Thomas Hawkins, the youngest of three daughters.
Marjorie Lou received her bachelor of the arts degree in music from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1949. In 1963, she and her family moved to Michigan City, Indiana, where she quickly became active in the music program at First Presbyterian Church. She served as rehearsal accompanist, organist, harpsichordist and chorister in the annual production of “Messiah” for most of the past 55 years. Mrs. Hammond performed regularly with area chamber music groups and volunteered in high school plays and music classes. She was an avid concertgoer whose love of music followed her everywhere and greatly enjoyed travel with her husband and children.
An accomplished homemaker and devoted mother with a pervasive sense of humor, Marjorie was often the first to laugh, especially if the joke was on her.
As a founding member of the Save the Dunes Foundation, Marge was a fervent conservationist. She was also a longtime and active member of the Nature Conservancy, Service League, an original charter member of DF chapter of PEO, active in the Michigan City Garden Club, the Jay County Historical Society, and was a 70 year member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Marjorie is survived by her children, the Rev. Timothy B. Thomas (wife: Marguerite) of Flagler Beach, Florida, Benjamin W. Thomas (wife: Susette) of Austin, Texas, and Rebekah Thomas Natale (husband: Bruce) of Arlington, Texas; their half-brothers Chris Thomas, Carl Thomas and Mike Thomas; and grandchildren Kathryn Natale and Teresa Anne Schanbaum.
In her last years, Marjorie Lou lived in a retirement community near her daughter and son-in-law, who devoted themselves to her care.
A memorial service for Marjorie Lou will be held in the First Presbyterian Church in Michigan City on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 11 a.m. Interment will be in the Green Park Cemetery in Portland.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Symphony Arlington in memory of Marjorie Hammond would be greatly appreciated.
Baird-Freeman Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
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