[KL7AA] Marjorie Page, KL7GLU / SK

[Dan O'Barr]

Marjorie Page, KL7GLU / SK



Longtime Anchorage resident Marjorie M. Page died Oct. 21, 2003, at Alaska
Regional Hospital, surrounded by family.



A memorial gathering will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Marlow Manor, 2030
Muldoon Road.



Her family wrote: "Margie was born June 28, 1924, in Kansas. She was Elmer
and Blanche Berrie's only child and grew up in a house filled with love.



"In 1946 Margie was a factory worker by day and a roller skating queen by
night. That is where she met her husband Bob, when she fell right into his
arms. Three months later they were married. They started their new life
together seeking adventure and never stopped.



"They ran a radio repair shop for five years in Kansas. They joined a
carnival, spent five years traveling, and had their daughter Vickie. For the
next eight years, they lived in Texas. Margie worked as a secretary until
1962 when she and Vickie moved to Anchorage where Bob had been transferred
the year before.



"In 1964 Margie was in a grocery store when the quake hit. She huddled near
the register with others to ride it out. Margie and Bob spent the next month
at The Salvation Army office downtown sending and receiving HAM radio
messages to the Lower 48 since there were no phone lines working in Alaska.
For many families, HAMs were their link to the outside. Margie's and Bob's
call signs were 'GLU' and 'HIU.'



"Over the years Margie was a member of the Toastmistresses of Alaska,
serving as club president for 1965-1966. She was also a member of PARKA the
Polar Amateur Radio Klub of Alaska, serving as president for 1971-1972. She
and her husband also ran radio communication check points for the Iditarod
and Fur Rendezvous dog sled races.



"She is loved."



Mrs. Page was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Bob.



She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and Kerry Hawkins;
granddaughter and husband, Jostina and Kevin Jones, and their children,
Justin, Caitlyn and Dalton; grandson, William; grandson and wife, Edward and
Jennifer Page; and granddaughter, Lennett Idleman, and her son, Sheridan