Twila Marjean Ninemire, known as Marjean to her friends and family,
passed peacefully from this life after a long period of illness on
Wednesday morning March 3, 2021, at Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights,
IL. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday March 10, 2021, at the
WaKeeney United Methodist Church at 11:00 A.M. in WaKeeney, KS.
Internment will immediately follow at the WaKeeney Cemetery. For those
unable to attend in person, the service will be livestreamed on
Facebook.
Marjean was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and
Twila (Howat) Ninemire of WaKeeney, KS. She’s survived by three
siblings, JoAnn (& Wayne) Driggers of Jenks, OK, Gerald (&
Rebecca) Ninemire of Madill, OK, and David of Philadelphia, PA. In
addition, she leaves three nieces and a nephew: Kristy Hoffman, Kaitlyn
and Jade Driggers, and Auby Ninemire, respectively. Also grieving
Marjean’s passing are the beloved friends in the Chicago area who
through the decades had become her “second family” in what might
otherwise have remained a cold and inhospitable place.
Marjean, born
on December 10, 1947, grew up on a Graham County farm, attended the
Prairie Home School, and was a member of the Prairie Home United
Methodist Church. She later attended Hill City Rural High School of
which she’s a 1965 graduate. She was active in many extracurricular
activities especially relating to instrumental and choral music. By the
time she was an adult she could have boasted mastery of several
instruments. She subsequently attended Clark’s School of Business in
Topeka, KS where she studied stenography and other aspects of judicial
court reporting. Soon after graduation she began working in the Chicago
area, and later began working in Chicago proper with the State of
Illinois in various circuit courts in Cook County. She served there for
over four decades and as her friends, family, and colleagues can attest
she put in long hours, both in the courtroom recording proceedings
verbatim, and in producing manuscripts of them for the public record.
Marjean,
probably due to the demands of work and the necessity of having a
private life, did not belong to many organizations or hold what many
would consider prominent positions in the community. To her friends and
family, though, who had the benefit of knowing her to be charismatic,
loving, generous, and sensitive, she left an indelible impression.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests making a contribution to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Please designate Marjean Ninemire as the honoree. Alternatively, one
can donate at a page of the Foundation’s website set up specifically for
Marjean. Its URL is https://give.bcrf.org/MarjeanNinemire. Contributions by check are also welcome and can be mailed to:
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation
28 West 44th Street, Suite 609
New York, NY 10022