Marjorie Marge Leta McFadden

Marjorie (Marge) Leta McFadden Rouse was born in Terrebonne, Oregon on June 10, 1925 to Leonard and Christine (Bollinger) McFadden. She passed on January 9, 2015 in Redmond, Oregon from natural causes. Marge (known as Leta to some of her friends) was raised in Redmond, attended Jessie Hill School and graduated from Redmond Union High School in 1943. After High School, she attended Eastern Oregon Normal School in LaGrande and graduated from Deaconess School of Nursing in Spokane, WA as a registered nurse in 1947. Marge began her nursing career at Medical Lake in Spokane. It was at this time that she met and began a life with Leonard A. Rouse. They were married on May 7, 1949 at The Pilot Butte Inn. Their first home was a small trailer in North Richland, Washington where Marge worked at Kadlec hospital as an operating room nurse. She celebrated her 25th birthday with the birth to their only child son Steven. She was a loving mother every day of her life. She took pride attending Stevens music and theatrical events. Every bit the nervous cheerleader, she anguished in the stands at his athletic events while he was growing up and took great pride in his accomplishments during his adult life In 1957 the family built a new home in West Richland. Marge took a new job as an industrial first aide nurse for HEHF on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. She applied her skill and compassion to thousands of workers in all the reservation areas until her retirement. While working at Hanford, the family bought and moved to a farm in Grandview, Washington. Marge would often work a full day shift at Hanford and come home to move irrigation pipe and work with Leonard and Steven on the farm. She would be up again a 5AM the next day to prepare lunches and travel the hour drive to her day job. After the death of her husband of 50 years, Marge moved back to her hometown, Redmond in 2000. For the last 14 years she lead a rich and wonderful life, reconnecting with family and friends in the area. She enjoyed attending school athletic, music and theatre events. She rarely missed a Buckaroo Breakfast where she loved to visit with classmates and friends. She enjoyed visiting the Oregon Coast and liked to try her luck at the casinos. She was pretty lucky. Marge was a member of the Christ the King Catholic Church while in Richland and was a faithful member of St. Thomas Catholic Church in Redmond at the time of her death. Marge was a wonderful wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend. She was preceded in death by both of her parents; husband, Leonard and brother Gilbert McFadden. She is survived by her son Steven (and Debra) of Alaska, granddaughter Alice Renay Sage and great grandson Ivan Sage in Barrow, Alaska, sister Leona Osmundson of Bend, Oregon, sister Doris Hassler of Redmond, Oregon, step son Richard Rouse of Camas, Washington, step daughter Marrianne Petty of Green Bay, Wisconsin and numerous nieces and nephews around the country. Marges family extends their sincere thanks and appreciation for the loving care and support Marge received form the Redmond health care community, St. Thomas Catholic Church and her Richland and Redmond friends. A funeral mass was held at St Thomas Catholic Church on Jan. 13, 2015 and her remains are interred next to her husband in the Redmond Cemetery. In remembrance of Marge, donations can be made to The Building Fund, St. Thomas Catholic Church, 1720 NW 19th Street, Redmond, OR 97756. Funeral Home: Redmond Memorial Chapel 717 SW 6th Street Redmond, OR US 97756

Marjorie Marge Leta McFadden

June 10, 1925 - January 9, 2015