Grandma Marjorie Short

Dan's grandma passed away on Tuesday morning. He flew out on yesterday, Thursday, to be with his mom and all 8 kids. It has been a long time since they have all been together and even longer since they have all been together in their hometown, which they moved from in 2005. Under sad circumstances this is a unique time for his family and one I wish I could be there for. I only me grandma Short once when we went back to Ohio. Based on that one meeting and the many stories I have heard, I know she was a strong lady. She was a farmers wife and a tough one at that. She raised an amazing daughter. She always called Dan, "Danny." She was the only one who got away with it. I always laughed when he would call her and say, "Hi grandma! It's Danny!" I know she was proud of her family and hung her photos up of our kids and families for everyone to see. What a legacy she left! She will be missed.

MARJORIE SHORT

Published: November 7, 2012 12:00PM

ARCHBOLD -- Marjorie M. Short, 94, of Archbold, passed away November 6, 2012, at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home in Archbold.

She was born February 25, 1918, near Pettisville, Ohio, to Daniel and Amanda (Wyse) Rupp. She married Oakley Short on September 17, 1938, and he preceded her in death on October 27, 1993. A lifelong resident of the Archbold area, she was a homemaker and helped her husband on the farm. She loved to cook, garden, mow lawn and drive tractor. She was a member of Lockport Mennonite Church, rural Stryker.

She is survived by three children, Rex (Dorothy) Short of Archbold, Jane Burkholder of Bountiful, Utah, and Jerry (Kathleen) Short of Tucson, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and six great-stepgrandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Eileen Rupp of Wauseon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son-in-law, Ernie Burkholder; brothers, Emerson, Ralph, Alfred and Virgil Rupp; sisters, Alta Schantz, Edith Stubbins, Leora Bachman and Doris Bachman.

Memorial services will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at Lockport Mennonite Church with Pastor Steven Heatwole officiating. Interment will precede services in the Lockport Cemetery. Friends may call at Short Funeral Home in Archbold from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

I decided to add these pics, since I don't have any from Dan's trip to Ohio yet. But, for documentation purposes here is the house Dan grew up in in Stryker, Ohio:

 This is the house Dan's mom built before they moved out to Utah. If you look super close the old house is in the background behind the field.

I wish I could find a picture of Grandma Short from our visit!