Mar 4, 2013

Marjorie B. McCrory of Wichita, Kan., formerly of Washington, died February 28, 2013, in Wichita.

She was born April 28, 1918, in Beallsville, a daughter of the late Aaron C. and Maude Bristor Bonnell.

Mrs. McCrory lived in the Washington area most of her life and then resided in the Tampa Bay area for 35 years and most recently in Wichita for 15 years.

She attended Washington area schools and then went to business college.

Mrs. McCrory worked as a real estate agent, being the first female agent in Washington. She worked for the George Lenk Agency in Washington from 1952 to 1956 and then as a Florida Real Estate Commission broker for 23 years in the Sarasota/Bradenton area, where she had her own office.

On August 9, 1937, she married J. Kenneth McCrory, with whom she shared 49 years of marriage before his passing July 30, 1986.

She was Protestant.

Mrs. McCrory enjoyed volunteering at hospitals, both in Florida and Kansas.

Surviving are a daughter, Marjorie Grace Saindon of Wichita; four grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; as well as several great-great-grandchildren.

Deceased, in addition to her husband and parents, are two infant sons, James Melvin McCrory and Donald Eugene McCrory; brothers Melvin, Ora, Bud and Francis Bonnell; and sisters Mildred Bonnell, Elsie Ogden, Ruth Jennings, Della Willis and Louise Elliott.

Family and friends will be received from 9 to 11 a.m., the time of service, Thursday, March 7, in Nichol Funeral Home, 1873 East Maiden Street, Washington. Interment will follow in Lone Pine Cemetery. A guest book may be signed at www.nicholfuneralhome.com.