Margery L. Bird

Margery L. Bird, 90, died July 27, 2019 at Balfour Cherrywood Village in Louisville, CO

Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am Friday, August 23, at the North Dakota Veteran’s Cemetery in Mandan, ND.

Marge was born September 6, 1928 in Coteau, ND to Thomas and Ruby (Hoglund) Sorlie.  She was raised in Coteau and attended nursing school at Minot State Teachers College in Minot, ND.  Margery married Ronald Bird of Flaxton, ND on October 15, 1952.  Margery worked as a pediatric nurse at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND and at Mather Air Force Base Hospital in Sacramento, CA until the birth of her first son.  Ron had a 27 year career as an Air Force pilot and Marge and Ron lived in a number of places, including Sacramento, CA, Winter Haven, FL, Lubbock, TX, Dover, DE, Oklahoma City, OK, Durham, NH, Phoenix, AZ, Syracuse NY, and Honolulu, HI.  After the Air Force they retired in Fair Oaks, CA.  Marge and Ron had three sons, Steven of Woodside, CA, John of Nolensville, TN, and David of Westminster, CO.  Marge was busy raising three boys and also liked cooking and interior decorating.  A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Marge will be missed by all of those who knew her.

Blessed to have shared in her life are her brothe,r Donald of West Bend, WI; her three sons, and her six grand-children, Tommy, Robbie, Jessica, Kathleen, Elizabeth, and James.

Marge was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.