Marjorie Wells, 84, passed away on Tuesday January 26 2010 at the Juan F. Luis Hospital in St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands.Marjorie was born on April 25 1925 in Hardin to Herbert Dean Merrifield and Corene Mae Mott Merrifield. She graduated from Turkey Creek Elementary School in 1939 and from Breckenridge High School in 1943. She attended the Chillicothe Business College and then went to work in Kansas City for the Flour Mills of America.In 1947 Marjorie married Walter Irvine Wells. This began a lifelong love affair with each other. After spending one additional year in Kansas City working they headed for MIT in Cambridge MA in 1948 for Walter to pursue his education. Marjorie stood behind him and together they made it through.Marjorie was a faithful member of the Grandview United Methodist Church in Breckenridge the Linwood Boulevard Baptist Church in Kansas City and Grace Chapel in Lexington MA. She often held bible studies for women in her home.She was in 4-H and later on was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Kansas City and then in Massachusetts. She obtained her real estate license while living in Lexington. Marjorie and Walter spent six of their 62 years living overseas together in Kwajalein Marshall Islands. While there Marjorie helped to run the handicraft store and published a book on Micronesian handicraft.Marjorie was preceded in death by her parents her beloved sister Madonna and her younger brother Bobby and a grandson Andy. Survivors include her husband Walter; two children Cynthia Anne and Gregory Dean; four grandchildren Nicolas and Andrew VanWingerden and Jeffrey Dean and Jamie Beth Wells; three great-grandchildren Crystelle Renee Andrew Micah and Chloe VanWingerden.A service was held in St. Croix on Saturday January 30 at 11 a.m. with a viewing held one hour prior to the service at the Southgate Baptist Church. A service in Hamilton Mo. will be held at the United Methodist Church on Friday Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. with viewing at 12 noon prior to the service. Burial will be in the Breckenridge Mo. Rose Hill Cemetery following the service.Memorials: A fund has been set up at the funeral home for memorials to be contributed to her grandson's missionary work in France.Arrangements: Bram Funeral Home Hamilton.