A Mass of Christian Burial for Marjorie Kinseth will be held on Friday, April 9,
2021 at 10:30 AM at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 1207 3rd Street North
East in Belmond with Father Jerry Blake officiating. Graveside services will
follow at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Belmond. The service will be live
streamed on the church Facebook page,
https://www.facebook.com/holyfamilycluster.
Visitation for Marjorie Kinseth will be held on Thursday, April 8, 2021 from
4:00 – 7:00 PM, with a Rosary Scriptural Wake Service beginning at 4:00 PM at
Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond, and will continue one
hour prior to Mass at the church on Friday morning.
Marjorie F. (Zeimet) Kinseth was born August 3, 1937, in St. Joseph, Iowa to
Henry W. and Lona (Illg) Zeimet. She lived on a farm near Bancroft with her nine
siblings and graduated from St. John's Catholic High School in 1955.
On June 4, 1960, Marge was united in marriage to Jerry Wilhite at the St. John's
Catholic Church in Bancroft. They lived in Fort Collins, Colorado while Jerry
served in the United States Army, then settled in Corwith, Iowa where they
bought and managed a bar and restaurant together. They had one son, Todd, and
two daughters, Brenda and Connie. After their last child graduated from high
school, they moved to Belmond, Iowa where Marjorie worked in the food service at
Eaton Corporation. Their last adventure together was purchasing Jerry's 2nd
Chance, a restaurant and bar in Belmond before they both retired. Jerry passed
away on July 25, 2004.
On January 4, 2008, Marjorie married Roland Kinseth at St. Francis Xavier Church
in Belmond. They made their home in Belmond where they enjoyed fishing and being
together. Marjorie was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church in Belmond. She
enjoyed playing cards, fishing, cooking, baking, and spending time with friends
and family.
Marjorie died April 4, 2021, at the Iowa Specialty Hospital in Belmond from
complications of appendicitis. She was 83.
Marjorie is survived by her husband: Roland Kinseth of Belmond; three children:
Todd (Rita) Wilhite of Windsor Heights, Iowa, Brenda DeBerg (Brent) of Bristow,
Iowa, and Connie Steward (Clint) of Marion, Iowa; two step-children Marc (Linda)
Kinseth of Vail, Arizona and Sherri Kinseth of Belmond; six grandchildren and
two step-grandchildren: Joshua, Nicholas (Brittany), Steven, Michael, Chance
(Ashley), Casey, Ryan, and Hayley; one great-grandchild: Samuel (son of Nicholas
and Brittany); sister: Josie (Sam) Weatherly; sister-in-law Edna Zeimet;
brother-in-law Ted (Trish) Wilhite and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Lona Zeimet; husband, Jerry;
five brothers, Ernest, Eugene, Julius, Art, and Leo Zeimet; sisters, Gertie
(George) Diers, Elsie (Bernard) Kunkel, and Gladys (Orville) Thill; and
brothers-in-law James Kunkel and Bill Wilhite.