Marjorie Ann (Ready) Ainsworth, 76, passed away from ovarian cancer on April 21, 2016, at her home while surrounded by her family.
Marjorie was born on Sept. 17, 1939, to the late Edwin and Margaret (Schmidt) Ready. She lived on the family farm in the town of Herman and attended the one-room Hohn Grade School. After graduating from Gresham High School in 1957, she worked at Badger Breeders (Genex) until her marriage on Sept. 30, 1961, to John H. Ainsworth. After marriage she worked part time for Consolidated Badger, Palmer’s Bakery and Hardees Restaurant.
The couple lived their entire life on their farm near Shawano. Marjorie served as legal guardians to her two youngest siblings after her mother’s passing. Margie enjoyed gardening and canning fruits, vegetables, jellies and jams. She was an excellent baker of all types of yeast breads, doughnuts and coffee cakes, pies and cookies. She enjoyed shopping, travel, nonfiction books and keeping up with current news events, from local to international. Most importantly, she worked full time for most her life being a mom, and her most cherished moments where those spent with her grandchildren at their special events and celebrations.
In addition to her husband of 54 years, Margie is survived by their four children, Kevin (Joan) Ainsworth, of Shawano, and their children, Samantha and Matthew; Toni (Jerry) Read, of Oak Creek, and their children, Elizabeth and John; Kathy (Dave) Parrish, of Westerville, Ohio, and their children, Michelle, Cara and Alaina; and Jim (Nancy) Ainsworth, of Shawano, and their children, Jenna and Erik. Also surviving are three brothers, Edwin (Beverly) Ready, Ringle, Allen (Rose) Ready, San Francisco, and Richard (Jean) Ready, Shawano; and two sisters, Carol Ready and Judy (John) Ready, both of Green Bay. She is further survived by two aunts, Bernice Zahn, Clintonville, and Irene Jarvis, Bear Creek, along with numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Marjorie was an active and faithful member first of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Leopolis and later of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shawano. She was a charter member of the Flour Queens Homemakers Club and a member of the Lake Country Republican Women with an almost insatiable appetite for political talk shows.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 29, 2016, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shawano with the Rev. Luke Ferris officiating. Friends may call at the Swedberg Funeral Home on Thursday, April 28, 2016, from 4-8 p.m. and again at Sacred Heart from 1 p.m. until the time of services. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Leopolis, Saturday, April 30, 2016, at 12:30 p.m.