Marjoray Lynn (Frank) Buerkel, of Bay City, MI, passed away March 27, 2017, age 71 years.  She was born December 13, 1945 to the late Donald J. Frank and Marjoray Ruth (Bellinger) Frank.  She married Fred Allen Buerkel on January 17, 1964.  She has four daughters Deborah (Richard) Nivison, Sherry Buerkel Hilliker, Amy (James) Brink and Heather (Timothy) Garrison.  Also surviving is a sister Norine Treadway and nine grandchildren.  Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her mother-in-law, Hilda Buerkel, sisters Donna Friedrich, Jeanne VanTol, and Carole Stow and brother Jared W. Frank.  She was a lifelong member of the Community of Christ Church.  She was a member of the Bay City Bowling Hall of Fame.  She was the Advisor to Bright Stars Theta Rho Girls Club #22 and a member of the Excelsior Rebekah Lodge.  She was a former member of Bay Chorale.  She was a retired LPN.  First and foremost, Marjoray lived for her family and nothing brought her more pride, joy and happiness than her daughters and grandchildren.  Each and every one of them had their own special bond with her that is unbreakable.  Funeral services took place March 31, 2017 at Community of Christ Church.  Private interment took place in Memory Garden Cemetery in Tawas City, MI.

Source:  Penzien & Steele Funeral Home, Bay City, MI.