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Chew

June 9, 1916 – December 3, 2011

Obituary

RAPID CITY- Marjorie Chew, 95, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at a local nursing home. She was born June 9, 1916, in Centralia, Kansas to George and Isla Rathbun. She lived her early years in Council Bluffs, Iowa, later moving to Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She was a medical secretary for the late Dr. Charles W. McLaughlin in Omaha. She moved to Rapid City in 1947, and was a medical secretary at the Rapid City Medical Center. She married Charles B. Chew in 1948. She and her husband owned and operated Powder House Lodge from 1954 to 1972. They owned and operated Charlies Restaurant at the old Regional Airport from 1972 until 1978, when they both retired. She was a member of First Congregational Church, PEO Chapter BF, the Regional Hospital Auxiliary, and a Volunteer at the Dahl Fine Arts Center. Survivors include her daughter, Susan Thomas , Rapid City and her son Jason Thomas; son, James Chew, Corona, Calif. and his children, Paul, Andy, and Stephanie; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles, in November of 1990, her parents, and her step-mother, Leila Rathbun. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ted Huffman officiating. Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. A memorial has been established to First Congregational Church.
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