Marla Del Rae (Shuck) McFetridge, 86, of Frederic, Wisconsin, passed away at home on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
Marla was born on Jan. 3, 1938, to Ira and Judith (Jamtgaard) Shuck. She was the younger of two children with an older brother, Loren. Marla’s mother, Judith, passed away in August 1939, when Marla was 20 months old. Her father was remarried to Mable Law in August 1941.
Marla graduated from Alcester High School. After graduating, Marla went to Sioux Falls and was accepted into the Sioux Falls Orchestra. Then she went to California to a secretarial school and lived with her cousin, Iola Jamtgaard.
She met Lowell (Mac, Sam,) in February of 1959. They were married on Jan. 15, 1960. They followed Continental Airlines to Washington state. They had their first child, Corla. Then they moved to Colorado with Western Airlines and had two more children, Christy and Craig. They moved to Minnesota with Western Airlines and lived in Prior Lake until the children were grown.
Marla was a stay-at-home mom until the children were older. She then got a job as a secretary at the high school in the Prior Lake School District. After that, she was a secretary to the superintendent of Prior Lake School District. Marla retired once the children were out of school, and then Marla and Lowell relocated to Utah with Delta Airlines. They were in Utah for eight years. They returned to Minnesota and then Lowell retired from Delta Airlines. They moved to the family farm in Frederic.
Marla loved to cook and bake, entertain, play Scrabble and card games, go camping, and play the piano and organ. She enjoyed putting on her “hat show” with Eastern Star, Church, and the Women of Life group. She was very active in church, Order of Eastern Star, Masons and Job’s Daughters.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lowell; parents, Ira and Judith (Jamtgaard) Shuck; stepmom, Mable (Law) Shuck; and her brother, Loren (Maxine) Shuck.
Marla is survived by children, Corla (Bob) Niesen, Christy (Todd) Baker and Craig (Kris) McFetridge; grandchildren, Josh and Katie Niesen, Andy (Carlyn) Baker, Dan Baker, and Megan and Katelyn McFetridge; and great-grandchildren, Kevin, Kenzie, and Hailey Beck, Axel Dvorak, Lakyn Baker and Lily Baker.
The funeral service will take place on Monday, May 6, at 11 a.m. at Clam Falls Lutheran Church, 3376 65th St., Frederic, WI 54837, with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. Burial will follow the service at the Clam Falls Lutheran Church Cemetery. A luncheon will follow in the basement of the church.
You are invited to leave condolences, memories and photos at rowefh.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home, 715-327-4475.
