MARJORIE RUTH (KLING) DOYEN

Marjorie Ruth (Kling) Doyen, 85, of Bartlesville, Okla.,  passed away Friday, January 10, 2020. Marj was born to the late Henry and Marie (Clark) Kling, the youngest of 6 children. She spent the first part of her childhood on a farm outside of Howard, Kansas. She graduated from Howard High School and attended college at Emporia State Teachers College where she obtained an Education degree.
Her first teaching job was in Mulvane, Kansas, where she met her husband Mark through a blind date arranged by Mark's brother, who taught with Marj. They celebrated 63 years of marriage in 2019. Marj obtained a Master’s degree in Learning Disabilities from Kansas State University. She taught in this area for many years, retiring in 1994 from Kingman High School. Mark and Marj, over their teaching careers, lived in Circleville, Barnes, Effingham, Cuba, and Norwich, Kansas. They moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in 2011.
Marj was an avid bridge player. She played internet bridge and formed some close friendships with players around the world that she met online. Marj loved to read, was a history buff and enjoyed reading books related to historical events. In part due to all of Mark’s coaching activities, she was a sports fan. Her favorite teams were the Kansas State Wildcats, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals. She was also very musically inclined and had a lovely singing voice. She sang at many weddings and funerals, sang in or led various church choirs, was church pianist at Barnes and also played the organ.  
She is survived by her husband Mark of the home, her daughter Marla (Wayne) Benyshek of Bartlesville, Okla., her son Timothy (Terri) Doyen of Rocklin, California, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She is also survived by sisters-in-law Peggy Doyen, Katherine Doyen, Anne Kling, and Elizabeth Kling. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Harold Kling, sister Alice Schwartzkopf, brother, Loren Kling, sister, Lavina Harper, and brother, Verne Kling.  
Memorials are suggested to the Norwich Methodist Church, 623 E. Burns, Norwich, KS  67118, or can be sent to Arnold Moore & Neekamp Funeral Home, 710 Southeast Dewey, Bartlesville, OK  74003.   Online condolences may be left at honoringmemories.com.