DOYEN, Marjorie Ruth (Kling) - b. August 28, 1934 - January 9, 2020

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Marjorie Ruth Doyen, 85, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away on January 9, 2020.  She was born to the late Adam Henry Kling and Marie (Clark) Kling in Elk County, Kansas

Marj was the youngest of six children and spent the first part of her childhood on a farm outside of Howard, Kansas.  She attended a one-room school where she was combined with the class above her effectively skipping the 2nd grade.  She graduated from Howard High School before turning 17 and started college at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas shortly after turning 17.  She obtained an Education degree with emphasis on Business Education.

Marj's first teaching job was in Mulvane, Kansas where she met her husband, Mark, through a blind date arranged by Mark's brother who taught with Marj.  Mark and Marj were married on Marj's 22nd birthday and celebrated 63 years of marriage on their last anniversary.  She later obtained a Masters degree in Learning Disabilities from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas.  She taught for many years, striving to adapt her teaching approach to ensure each student could learn in a manner most effective for them.  Marj retired from teaching in 1994 from Kingman High School in Kingman, Kansas.  Mark and Marj, duing their teaching careers, lived in Circleville, Barnes, Effingham, Cuba, and Norwich, Kansas.  They moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 2011.

Marj enjoyed playing card games and was an avid bridge player.  She played internet bridge and formed some close friendship with players around the world that she met online.  She was also an avid reader, and you could often find her with her nose stuck in a book.  She was a history buff and liked reading books related to historical events.  In part due to all of Mark's coaching activities, she became an avid sport fan.  She would cheer on the local teams, the Kansas State Wildcats, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the Kansas City Royals.  She was also very musically inclined and had a lovely singing voice.  She sang at many weddings and funerals, sang or led various church choirs over the years, was church pianist at Barnes, Kansas, and also played the organ.  She will be forever remembered and missed by her family and friends.

Marj is survived by her husband, Mark, of the home; her daughter, Marie (Wayne) Benyshek of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; her son, Timothy (Terri) Doyen of Rocklin, California; four grandchildren;  four great-grandchildren; and sisters-in-law, Peggy Doyen, Katherine Doyen, Anne Kling, and Elizabeth Kling.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Harold Kling, Loren Kling, and Verne Kling; and her sisters, Alice Schwartzkopf and Lavina Harper.

Memorial donations in her name can be made to the Norwich Methodist Church, 623 E. Burris, Norwich, Kansas 67118 or can be sent to Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home, 710 SE Dewey, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74003. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.honoringmemories.com.

(taken from the Arnold Moore Funeral Home website)