Marjorie Ellen (Darling) McKibben

Marjorie Ellen (Darling) McKibben 92, of DeKalb passed away December 14, 2015 at Lincolnshire Place in Sycamore. She was born to Dewey E. and Edna E. (Enyart) Darling on August 17, 1923, in Mattoon, IL.

She was married to Ernest H. McKibben on August 21, 1943 in Springfield MO. He preceded her in death on April 17, 2006. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority.  Marjorie worked many years at the Brown Shoe Co. In Mattoon, IL. She spent eight years working as a librarian at Northern Illinois University and worked alongside her husband at M.F. Malone Department store and at Blakley's Department Store in Taylorville, IL.

She was a long time member of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in DeKalb.

She was a caring and a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved Needlepoint and quilting.

The family would like to thank Lincolnshire Place and Transitions Hospice for their excellent care of Marjorie.

Survivors include her daughters, Annette (Gene) Shields of Rockford, Elizabeth (Robert)

Knuuttila of DeKalb; grandchildren, Stephanie Shields of Rockford, Brian Knuuttila of Chicago, Kyle Knuuttila of Chicago and great-grandchildren Amanda Bell of Rockford, Jessica, Devyn and Adin Guadian.

She was preceded in death by her mother, father, her brother Lewis, her husband, Ernest and her granddaughter Tammy (Shields) Guadian.

Funeral Services will be held on Friday, December 18, 2015 at 11:00am at Finch Funeral Home with Pastor Joseph Gastiger officiating. Burial will be immediately following the service at Fairview Park Cemetery.  Visitation will be held on Friday, December 18, 2015 at 10:00am until the time of service at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Transitions Hospice 1240 Raymond Cir. Huntley, IL 60142.  To send an online condolence please visit: www.ronanmoorefinch.com .  Arrangements were entrusted to Finch Funeral Home 310 Oak St. DeKalb, IL  60115 815-758-3841.