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Services Set for Marjorie Bordner, WIU Alumna, Former Trustee
May 3, 2016
MACOMB, IL -- Services for Western Illinois University Alumna and Professor Emerita Marjorie Bordner, who was also one of WIU's first trustees, have been set for 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 4 at Sedgwick Funeral Home in Canton. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Bordner, 101, of Canton, died May 1.
She received her bachelor's degree in education from WIU in 1936 and went on to earn her master's and doctorate degrees from University of Missouri and University of Illinois, respectively. She began her teaching career in Fulton County Schools in 1936. Seven years later, she joined WIU's faculty, teaching chemistry and physics, and directed the campus band. In 1996, she was appointed by Gov. Jim Edgar to the first WIU Board of Trustees.
Bordner also served many years on the Alumni Council, the WIU Foundation Board, the Western Illinois Museum Board, the WIU Library Leadership Board and Western's Library Archives. Bordner was also a member of the WIU Centennial Celebration Committee, which took place 1999-2000. She received Western's Alumni Achievement and Distinguished Alumni awards in 1980 and 1971, respectively.
In 2000, Bordner donated several books from her personal collection of Edgar Lee Masters to Western's Library Special Collections. Bordner has been a Spoon River enthusiast since childhood and was instrumental in starting the Spoon River Drive in 1968. Her interest in Spoon River history continued with her support of a Camp Ellis exhibit, which was created for display in Fulton County and was on loan to the WIU Library.
A complete obituary can be found at sedgwickobituaries.com/marjorie-louise-bordner.
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