WERTH, Marion Dove age 82 of New Bern, NC, passed away Thursday, June 30, 
2011 at the Carolina East Medical Center, holding hands with her husband John 
and her daughter Mary. Marion was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on April 3, 1929 the 
daughter of the late Dean R. & Mary Rees Dove. She graduated from Hamilton High 
School, and Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. During her senior year at Miami, she 
established a twelve-grade art department for the schools in West Alexandria, Ohio 
and after graduation, headed the art departments for the schools of West Carrollton, 
Ohio. She later became a partner in a retail needlework business and then turned 
her favorite hobby into a wholesale needlework design business, "Designs by 
Marion Dove Worth," which she operated for 24 years. She created more than 100 
cross stitch designs including her favorites: a series of Dayton, Ohio landmarks, 
"High Flight," and "Script Ohio" performed by the Ohio State University Marching 
Band. Preceded in death by her son Stephen. Survivors include her husband of 60 
years, John, her daughter Mary M. Borckardt and husband Mark of Allen, TX, her 
daughter-in-law Joni Werth of Dawsonville, GA, grandchildren Mathew, Melissa, and 
Michelle Borckardt, Nicole Adkins and Jennifer Campbell and four great-grandchildren. 
She was a member of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago, the Frederick Law 
Olmsted Society, American Field Service, Riverside Garden Club, the Riverside 
Presbyterian Church, all in Riverside, Illinois and the Cape Lookout Power & Sail 
Squadron in New, NC. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 
2:00 p.m. from the SWART & WOLFE FUNERAL HOME, 207 E. Central Ave., West 
Carrollton, OH 45449. Burial Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 
1:00 p.m. until the time of service on Wednesday. If desired memorial contributions 
may be made to the charity of the donor's choice in Marion's memory.
Published in Dayton Daily News on July 3, 2011 

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