Marjorie Fay Demonbrun

Marjorie (Margie) DeMonbrun went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 5th, 2020. A Visitation and Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, December 19th at Word of Grace Fellowship, 11950 East 350 Highway, Raytown, MO 64138. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am and the Celebration of Life service will begin at 11:30 am. A Livestream of the service will be available at www.facebook.com, scroll to bottom and click on “Watch”, then search “Word of Grace Fellowship”. There will be a private interment in Green Lawn Cemetery. In lieu, of flowers the family requests donations in honor of Marjorie DeMonbrun to City Union Mission.

Margie was born in Duluth, Minnesota on June 25th, 1942 to Maurice and Mary Palmer. Her family moved to Liberty, Missouri where she graduated from Liberty High School in 1960 and went on to graduate from Calvary Bible College and John Brown University where she Majored in Business with a Minor in Radio & Television Production. On October 15th, 1966 she married the love of her life, Gerald (Jerry) DeMonbrun. Margie worked at Kansas City Youth for Christ as an Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director and Founder, Al Metsker. Margie then went on to have children and worked as the Chief Executive Officer at the DeMonbrun Corporate Office (aka Stay at Home Mother and Homemaker), followed by CenCor Temporary Services as Area Office Manager and Wright Line as Regional Administrator.

Margie was a long-time member of Word of Grace Fellowship, formerly Blue Ridge Bible Church, where she served as Children’s Choir Director, VBS Director, Sunday School Teacher and Director of Women’s Enrichment Ministries where she made a significant impact mentoring woman of all ages.

Margie’s involvement was widespread in the community and she served at City Union Mission as a Sunday School Teacher, at Child Evangelism Fellowship as a local Committee Member and Secretary of Good News Club, at Stonecroft Christian Women’s Club as Chairman of the Independence, Missouri Branch. Jerry and Margie were both instrumental in the birth of Bethel Baptist Church, which is now Tri-City Baptist Church. Margie also served at the children’s school as a member of the Parent Teacher Association and as a Room Mother, a Cub Scout Den Mother with the Boy Scouts and a Kansas City Youth for Christ In Home Club Sponsor. She will always be remembered for her love of Christ, her family and her compassion and desire to serve others.

Margie is survived by her beloved husband of 54 years, Gerald (Jerry) DeMonbrun, her daughter Gigi Rippee and husband Dan of Blue Springs, Missouri, her son Jeff DeMonbrun and wife Adriana of Grain Valley, Missouri, her grandchildren, who knew her as Nina, Chris Gaverth and wife Jessica, Kelsey Winslow and husband Aaron and Olivia Rippee, of Blue Springs, Missouri and Benjamin and Andrew DeMonbrun of Grain Valley, Missouri, her great grandchildren Aubrey, Jack and Ashlynn, her sister, Maurine (Rene) Birkenholz and husband Larry of Liberty, Missouri, as well as a host of other family and friends who will greatly miss her.

A Visitation and Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, December 19th at Word of Grace Fellowship, 11950 East 350 Highway, Raytown, MO 64138. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am and the Celebration of Life service will begin at 11:30 am. A Livestream of the service will be available at www.facebook.com, scroll to bottom and click on “Watch”, then search “Word of Grace Fellowship”. There will be a private interment in Green Lawn Cemetery. In lieu, of flowers the family requests donations in honor of Marjorie DeMonbrun to City Union Mission.