Marjorie Hinkley, 91, a Mercer Island, WA resident since 1990 passed away November 7, 2012 peacefully after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The memorial service for Mrs. Hinkley was held December 22, 2012 at the home of her daughter on Mercer Island. A graveside committal service for Mrs. Hinkley will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Forest Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. The Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant, is assisting the family with the arrangements. Marjorie was an independent, elegant lady. She was born in 1920 on Christmas Eve to a large farming family. Marjorie lost her mother when she was 9 and she and her 5 other siblings were raised by loving aunts and uncles all living within a few miles of each other in a farming community in Iowa. Christmas Eve birthdays are often missed but Marjorie's were never forgotten. Presents may have been shortchanged but she was always surrounded by family. Marjorie graduated from Columbia teachers college in 1939, married her first husband, Charles Reed in New York City, and had 3 children, settling in Corvallis, Oregon. They divorced in 1961 and Marjorie began her English teaching career as a single mother. Sadly her two older children predeceased her. She married Ray Hinkley in 1977 and moved to Portland. When Ray passed away Marjorie moved to Mercer Island to live near her remaining daughter and grandchildren. Marjorie loved to garden, planting flowers yearly for all to enjoy at her condominium. She was also an accomplished piano player, and her family will miss the Christmas carols she played every year. Marjorie is survived by one daughter Marian Sinkey 4 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews and one surviving brother in Iowa. Her ashes will be interred in Mt. Pleasant Iowa, a family plot, soon to join her 5 deceased siblings, parents, beloved aunts and uncles and her son, David. Marjorie will be missed.

Service

JUN 28. 10:00 AM (CDT)

Forest Home Cemetery 1100 S. Walnut St @Old Threshers Rd Mount Pleasant, IA, 52641