Marjorie A. Hurd

Marjorie A. Hurd, 89, of Pontiac died at 9:50 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 17, 2011) at OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.

Cremation rites will be accorded. There will be a private family Mass of Christian burial at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Pontiac. Monsignor Thomas Mack will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Pontiac.

Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Pontiac, is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

She was born Sept. 8, 1922, in Pontiac, a daughter of Edward and Anna McCabe Helbling. She married Joseph Hurd on June 19, 1944, in Great Lakes. They later divorced and he died in 1993.

Surviviors include daughters, Rosemarie Corrigan, Pontiac, and Jeannine (Jerrold ) Mathia, Pontiac; grandchildren, Lynne McDowell, Gina Bury, Jerry Mathia, Michael Corrigan, Larry Corrigan, David Corrigan, Rob Corrigan and Anne Cunningham; and 20 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded by her parents; spouse; and two sisters, Ruth Shaff and Mary Barbo.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pontiac.

Marjorie had worked for OSF Saint James for 20 years as a nurse. She was very active in the St. Joseph Hospital Alumni. Marjorie was a St. Mary's Grade School and Pontiac Township High School graduate and received her nursing degree in 1952 from St. Joseph School of Nursing.