Marjorie A. Farnick
Marjorie Farnick, age 85 of Monticello, Minnesota, formerly of Morris, MN, and Casa Grande, Arizona, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany, MN.
Visitation for Marjorie Farnick will be held Tuesday, September 2, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. at Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris, MN.
Funeral services for Marjorie Farnick will be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris, MN.
Interment will be in Kongsvinger Cemetery, rural Donnelly, MN.
Marjorie Ann Kolden was born on January 2, 1940 in Morris, Minnesota the daughter of Helmer and Fern (Johnson) Kolden. She grew up in Morris until age 16 when she moved to the Twin Cities. She attended beauty school in the Twin Cities and became a beautician.
In October 1967, she married Willard Farnick and the couple made their home in Monticello, Minnesota.
Marjorie worked in the nursing home in Monticello and eventually opened a beauty salon in her home. Later on, she was involved with family members in running a Health Food Store.
Marjorie and Willard began wintering in the South in the late 1990’s and in the early 2000’s they purchased a home in Casa Grande, Arizona. Following Willard’s death in 2011, Marjorie continued living in Casa Grande until moving to St. Cloud, Minnesota in 2022. In June 2025, she became a resident of Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany.
Marjorie enjoyed crafts, making quilts and blankets, square dancing, painting and loved camping and fishing.
She is survived by her children: Cherrie (Gilbert) Abfalter of St. Cloud, MN, and Bradley (Cynthia) Farnick of St. Cloud, MN; step-children: Daniel (Julie) Farnick of Monticello, MN, Jeffrey (Sandy) Farnick of Monticello, MN, and Tammy Farnick Sutton of Monticello, MN; sister: Diane (Larry) Klatt of Clearwater, MN; nineteen grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Helmer and Fern; husband: Willard Farnick; son: Brian Antill; daughter: Mary Beth Gay; granddaughter: Ashley Rae Abfalter; siblings” Hollis Kolden, Duane Kolden, Wilfred Kolden, Russell Kolden, and JoAnn Kolden; and grandmother: Magna Kolden.
Arrangements are with Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris, MN.
