DODGE CITY – Marjorie Smith, 94, died Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Reflection Living, Dodge City.

She was born May 23, 1928 at Sabetha, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Carrie (Hunsburger) Foster.  She was a graduate of Hiawatha High School and a 1948 graduate of Highland Junior College at which time she began her teaching career in a one room school house near Hiawatha.  From 1949 to 1951 she taught at Coats, Kansas and then taught 1 ^st and 2 ^nd grade at Kingsdown, Kansas. During her summers she would spend her time attending college at Ft. Hays State University. She graduated with a Bachelor's in Elementary Education in 1964. On May 24, 1953 she married Ronald L. Smith on the Foster family farm at Hiawatha and that same year began teaching at Bucklin until she retired in 1992.

She was a longtime member of the Kingsdown Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Women's Group. She was also a member of the Dodge City Family YMCA and was a regular at the Tai Chi class. Marjorie was also a volunteer for the schools, reading to all the little kids just so she could get her hugs. She also enjoyed gardening.

Survivors include: 2 sons, Brad Smith and wife Diane, Goddard and Eric Smith and wife Krista, Topeka; 4 grandchildren, Jayne Diaz and husband Luis, Mari Stauth and husband Mark, Brandon Smith and wife Tara, and Liz Kinate and husband Nate; and 7 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ronald, on February 17, 2004, 2 sisters, Mildred Schooler and Beulah "Bea" Gladhart, a brother, Harry Foster and her daughter-in-law, Cynthia Smith.

Funeral service will be at 10:00 am Thursday, March 16, 2023 at the Kingsdown Presbyterian Church with Jeff Hiers officiating.  Burial will follow in the Bucklin Cemetery.  Visitation will be Wednesday from noon to 8:00 pm with family present from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Ziegler Funeral Chapel, Dodge City.

The family suggests memorials to the Kingsdown Presbyterian Church or Hospice of the Prairie both in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14 ^th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801.