Marion
Marion Louise Bush Krapf
Marion Louise Bush Krapf, Age 90
November 6, 1921 to June 9, 2012 She walked \"in a manner worthy of the Lord\"¦bearing fruit\"¦\" Colossians 1:10.
Marion Louise Bush Krapf was born the only child of Mary Christina Friday and Howard Smith Bush, in Schnectady, New York. She was her parents\"™ delight. She brought joy to her grandparents, also, when each summer she would visit Abram and Libby\"™s farm in Fort Plain, New York. Abram was the descendent of early Dutch settlers coming to New Amsterdam (now New York City) in 1625 on their own sailing ship. Marion would find great joy in discovering her ancestors in her later years, becoming a member of the James River Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of the Virginia Chapter of the National Huguenot Society.
Marion was attending Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont when, at about that same time, she met the love of her life, Russel Lieb Krapf. They were married on October 19, 1940, raising three girls in Schnectady and Fayetteville, New York, and Santa Barbara, California. They dearly loved their \"Sunset View Farm\" in Forest, settling there in 1979. Russel preceded Marion in death on October 10, 2009, just shy of their 69th wedding anniversary.
In Marion\"™s adult life, she became closer to her Lord and Savior as her faith deepened. She became a teaching leader in Bible Study Fellowship and Honeycomb Bible Studies in California and Virginia. After well over a decade as a teacher, her life of service would continue as she shared the joy of her Lord, encouraged and prayed with and for so many people along the way. She was a member of Rivermont Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg.
Marion loved music and both she and Russel traveled for many years to the Bach Music Festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She sang with and accompanied choirs and loved to play the piano and sing hymns to her Lord. Her favorite hymn was \"May the mind of Christ my Savior live in me from day to day . . . looking only unto Jesus, as I onward go.\"
Marion battled Dementia in her most recent years and suffered an incapacitating stroke on January 3, 2010. Her family and faithful friends have continued to be by her side, especially her daughter, Carolyn McPherson, of Forest. Carolyn was assisted by the wonderful staff at the Runk & Pratt Memory Care Center in Forest. Marion also leaves behind her daughters Beth Johnson of Seattle, Washington, and Kristin Nussdorfer and husband Bill, of Sparta, Wisconsin. Marion prayed every day for her family, including eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Her sister-in-law, Amelia Krapf Williams, 100 years old, from Bluffton, South Carolina, also survives her.
Marion will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband and near her parents and grandparents at the Freysbush United Methodist Church cemetery in Fort Plain, New York. Remembrances can be sent to the Alzheimer\"™s Association.
November 6, 1921 to June 9, 2012 She walked \"in a manner worthy of the Lord\"¦bearing fruit\"¦\" Colossians 1:10.
Marion Louise Bush Krapf was born the only child of Mary Christina Friday and Howard Smith Bush, in Schnectady, New York. She was her parents\"™ delight. She brought joy to her grandparents, also, when each summer she would visit Abram and Libby\"™s farm in Fort Plain, New York. Abram was the descendent of early Dutch settlers coming to New Amsterdam (now New York City) in 1625 on their own sailing ship. Marion would find great joy in discovering her ancestors in her later years, becoming a member of the James River Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and a member of the Virginia Chapter of the National Huguenot Society.
Marion was attending Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont when, at about that same time, she met the love of her life, Russel Lieb Krapf. They were married on October 19, 1940, raising three girls in Schnectady and Fayetteville, New York, and Santa Barbara, California. They dearly loved their \"Sunset View Farm\" in Forest, settling there in 1979. Russel preceded Marion in death on October 10, 2009, just shy of their 69th wedding anniversary.
In Marion\"™s adult life, she became closer to her Lord and Savior as her faith deepened. She became a teaching leader in Bible Study Fellowship and Honeycomb Bible Studies in California and Virginia. After well over a decade as a teacher, her life of service would continue as she shared the joy of her Lord, encouraged and prayed with and for so many people along the way. She was a member of Rivermont Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg.
Marion loved music and both she and Russel traveled for many years to the Bach Music Festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She sang with and accompanied choirs and loved to play the piano and sing hymns to her Lord. Her favorite hymn was \"May the mind of Christ my Savior live in me from day to day . . . looking only unto Jesus, as I onward go.\"
Marion battled Dementia in her most recent years and suffered an incapacitating stroke on January 3, 2010. Her family and faithful friends have continued to be by her side, especially her daughter, Carolyn McPherson, of Forest. Carolyn was assisted by the wonderful staff at the Runk & Pratt Memory Care Center in Forest. Marion also leaves behind her daughters Beth Johnson of Seattle, Washington, and Kristin Nussdorfer and husband Bill, of Sparta, Wisconsin. Marion prayed every day for her family, including eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Her sister-in-law, Amelia Krapf Williams, 100 years old, from Bluffton, South Carolina, also survives her.
Marion will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband and near her parents and grandparents at the Freysbush United Methodist Church cemetery in Fort Plain, New York. Remembrances can be sent to the Alzheimer\"™s Association.
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