Marjorie E. Whitaker Dawdy, 98 of Mendota, passed away Wednesday evening, October 2 ^nd , 2019 at Heritage Health, Mendota.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in the Merritt Funeral Home. Burial will be in Restland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral.

Marjorie was born October 6, 1920 in rural Modesto the oldest of eight children of Loy O. and Dollie (Thompson) Whitaker. In 1942 she married Harley E. Dawdy in Cyrene, MO. He passed away in Mendota February 14, 1990. Marjorie and Harley had two adopted children, Harry James Dawdy who died in 1993 and Mary Lee Shadden Dawdy in 2013.

Marjorie's mother died on March 29 ^th , 1934 as a result of childbirth complications with her youngest sibling. Marjorie was 13 years old. Being a family of eight children, ages infant to 13 during the depression, Marjorie dropped out of school to care for and raise her brothers and sisters. All whom preceded her. Ruth Eileen Whitaker Nance in 2001, Earl Edwin Whitaker in 1943, Alta Faye Whitaker Moran in 2009, Samuel Eugene Whitaker in 1997, Dorothy Fern Whitaker Craig in 1994, Barbara Jean Whitaker Forrestall in 1999 and Eleanor Mae Whitaker Whitehurst in 1996.

Memorials in Marge's honor are suggested to M.A.S.S (Mendota Area Senior Services).