OSAGE CITY, Kan. – Marjorie Ann “Margann” Renfro, 65, passed away Oct. 16, 2024, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kan. She was born July 9, 1959, in Arkansas City, Kan., the daughter of Calvin and Marjorie Lyman Renfro.
Her family moved to Emporia, Kan., when she was young and she spent most of her life in the Emporia area. Marjorie had worked at numerous places throughout the Emporia area including Casey’s General Store, Americus, Kan. She had been a part of the QSI clean up shift at IBP for a while and had also worked at Midwest Printing.
Marjorie had a green thumb and enjoyed tending to plants and flowers. Her other interests included fishing, watching crime shows, doing crossword and search puzzles, board games of all types, and playing UNO and solitaire. Most of all she loved coffee.
Marjorie will live on in the hearts and memories of her daughters, Tabitha Verlin, of Oklahoma, Lorilei Renfro, Osage City, and Olivia Castillo, Osage City; sons, Jason Renfro, Osage City, and Julian Castillo, Emporia; sisters, Cheryl Ann Chalfant, Auburn, Wash., and Cynthia Kearns, Americus; brothers, William C. Renfro Sr., Emporia, and LeRoy Renfro, Reading, Kan.; and 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous extended family and friends.
Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Velva Valdez and Eloise Harris; and brothers, Calvin C. Renfro Jr., Carl W. Renfro, Robert D. Renfro and Terry E. Renfro.
Services were scheduled for Oct. 25, at the Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home and Crematory, Lebo, Kan.; burial was at Key West Cemetery, east of Lebo.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Marjorie Ann Renfro Memorial, and sent in care of Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, 107 W. Sixth St., Lebo, KS 66856. Condolences can be left at vanarsdalefs.com.
