Marjorie Ellen Blaser, daughter of Edward W. (1897-1940) and Ella Wetzel (1898-1967) Blaser, was born 20 February 1924, Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan.  Marjorie was a graduate of Michigan State College with a bachelor of science degree.  She married Joseph Ernest Pickering 20 March 1946, Calhoun County, Georgia.

Mrs. Marjorie Pickering taught Mathematics and General Business 1954-1955 at Okemos High School.  In 1957 she was listed as a Plane Geometry and Algebra I and II teacher at Bloomfield Hills High School, Oakland County.

Joseph Pickering, born 4 November 1922, Wayne County, Michigan, was a World War II US Army veteran.  He died 10 June 1986, Oakland County.  Marjorie died 13 December 2000.