Former MSUMC parishioner Marjorie Pino Chute, 86, passed away quietly and peacefully on January 26, 2013. Marjorie was preceded in death by her daughter, Barbara, and son, James. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, George, and daughter, Jacqueline Chute of North Andover, Massachusetts. Marjorie also is survived by five nieces and nephews; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Marjorie was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1926. She was her class valedictorian of Hillsdale High School in 1944, and graduated in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1949, at which time she married George. She resided mainly in Fairfield, Ohio, Pelham, NY, and Newport, RI, before coming to Grand Rapids in 2006 to be near her family. Marjorie was a high school Science Study Center Administrator before joining the engineering firm of Parsons Brinkerhoff of New York as Proposal Coordinator for projects that included the “Big Dig” of Boston, a subway in Singapore, and an airport in Hong Kong.