Obituary for Marjorie Jewell Brentlinger Marjorie Jewell Brentlinger passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at the age of 96. She was comforted in her daughter’s home as she was ushered to heaven. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. Saturday at Brentlinger Farms, located at 8509 CR 612, Mansfield, TX, 76063.
Flowers can be delivered to Blessing Funeral Home, located at 401 Elm St., Mansfield, TX, 76063. Marjorie lived for almost a century. In her life she accomplished much.
She was a traveler. She loved her children. As a matriarch she established a family.
Marjorie was born to Arthur and Gertrude Jewell on January 29, 1922 and was the second of three children. Her first home was a small place outside Centerburg, Ohio, called Idle Ease Farms. Her love was expressed in so many ways.
Her love of travel she attributed to her mother. She was younger than ten when Gertchie took she and her older sister Jo to Washington D.C. As Marjorie grew, she spread her wings. She enjoyed visiting places as varied as Belize and Germany.
Near the end of her life, she enjoyed day trips with her daughter Terri and son-in-law John. They took her to watch Terri’s cutting horse competitions. One of her first solitary excursions came when she was only a teen.
In 1940, she chose to attend Tarleton State, a preparatory school for women in Stephenville, TX. The experience shaped her profoundly. She gained a sense of independence.
She found Texas, the place that would become her second home. From Tarleton, she attended Ohio Wesleyan University. While studying English, she met a man who was willing to bus tables to pay his way through college.
His name was Robert William Brentlinger, and he impressed her. In 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Brent found himself in the Army Air Corps; Marjorie found herself married to a flight navigator.
Marjorie and Brent were stationed at Lackland Airforce base, then Louisiana, and then California. After the war, Marjorie and Brent finished their educations in Ohio. He became a doctor but didn’t know where to start practice.
Marjorie knew. They moved to Texas. The move grew her family.
When Marjorie and the newly-minted Dr. Brent left Ohio, the had a single child. His name is Tony, and they loved him. In Texas, they would be blessed with many more children.
Gary was next to be born, then Terri, and then a young Robert. The medical practice Brent shared with Dr. B.J. Mycoskie and Dr. Paul Bontley began to flourish; but the little lives crowded their Arlington home. When the fifth child, Billy, came along, it was time to move.
Marjorie and Brent took the family to their country home and never left. The new home, called simply “The Farm” influenced Marge as much as she shaped it. Marjorie was so proud of her children.
Tony became his father’s son. Like his father, he first joined the service and then became a surgeon. Gary loves the mechanics of nature.
His life has been spent repairing vehicles, and making plants and fields grow. Terri became her mother’s daughter. She manages her family’s dentist office with her husband, John Bauer and rides the horses that became her birthright.
Bobby’s life has been bound to the Farm. He’s shaped it, expanded it, and renovated it to house the business he shares with his younger brother. The inspiration for the move to the Farm, Billy provides some tangible proof of Marjorie’s vision.
Bobby and Billy grow the farm together. As Gary says “We get to grow beauty for a living”. Marjorie’s influence has reached beyond her children.
She raised 16 grandchildren and their friends. The dispositions of her grandchildren have become so varied that it’s difficult to describe them all. There are entrepreneurs and parents and venture capitalists and educators and travelers in their own right.
They’re funny and sincere and persistent and persnickety. She helped to found Katherine Rose Memorial Park in Mansfield, TX. She’d walk in the park as often as she could.
She loved to tell people about it. She told them that the park was beautiful, and that it was for them, and that they should visit it. She founded a book club, called the Chalupa Club.
The Chalupa Girls would get together to swim in her pool and to talk about their favorite books. They retain the name, the love of food, and even Marge’s spirit. After loosing her husband, Marjorie created her own business.
She called it Brentlinger Farms. The business welcomed people for formal occasions, for meetings, and even for weddings. She ensured that meetings and weddings went off without a hitch.
She ran the business until she chose to finally retire, near her 90th year. For more than half a century, Marjorie lived on Brentlinger Farms. She became an entrepreneur because of the Farm.
She chose to raise her family on the Farm. She became a matriarch on the Farm. Marjorie travelled; she loved her family; and now, she yearns for home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, R.W. Brentlinger and sister, Josephine Gantt. Survivors: Marjorie Brentlinger is survived by many. She’s survived by her younger brother, Jon Jewell; children, Tony, Gary, Terri, Bobby, and Billy.
From Tony, she is survived by his three children and four grandchildren. From Gary, she is survived by his three children and give grandchildren. From Terri, she is survived by her four children and eleven grandchildren.
From Bobby, she is survived by his three children and eight grandchildren. And from Billy, she is survived by his two children. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Marjorie Jewell Brentlinger please visit our Sympathy Store.
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