In Memory of Marjorie Esselstyn

 

In Memory of Marjorie Esselstyn

Marjorie Esselstyn

Birthdate: March 27, 1922
Ascension Date: November 18, 2021
Seonghwa Ceremony: November 28, 2021

 

Marjorie (Mardi) Jean Flint, Ryan, Esselstyn was born on March 27, 1922 and passed away at the age of 99 years young on November 18, 2021. She was the loving mother of 8 children and loved to dance and teach ballet and shared that love with her youngest daughter, Shen. She was an artist with a natural talent for painting, drawing, and singing, also. She was raised in the Seventh Day Adventist Church, converted to Catholicism when she married William Joseph Ryan. She taught in the CCD program for the Catholic church and sang in the Sunday choir. 

When Mardi was 54, she joined the Unification Movement in 1976 in Los Angeles, California. and taught Sunday school. She is survived by Patricia Jo and Jack Woll, Reatha Lanore Ryan, William Daniel Ryan, Shela Colleen Perrin, Maureen Terese, and Rick Zayatz, Colin Patrick Ryan, John Phillip Ryan, and many grandchildren. Her husbands, William Joseph Ryan and Richard Norman Esselstyn, and her daughter Sharon (Shen) Eileen Ryan preceded her in death. In the 1990’s she received the Blessing.

Donations are appreciated in lieu of flowers to the Jefferson High School Dance program where Shen was a participant:
5210 North Kerby, Portland, OR 97217
Info@jeffersondancers.org
503-916-5180. 

Seonghwa Ceremony

Date: November 28, 2021
Location: West Linn Church

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