Marjorie E. Bock

Marjorie E. (Holmes) Bock, 78, of W. Newfield, died May 11 at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.She was born in Dover, NH on February 9, 1929, a daughter of Rev. Lester C. and Susan (Maling) Holmes. She attended schools in Worcester, MA, Cambridge, MA, and graduated from Waterboro High School in 1946. She was a 1950 graduate of Gordon College in Boston, MA.On June 10, 1950, she was married to Henry Bock, Jr. in a double ceremony with her sister Elizabeth and her husband P. Bishop Covell at the Alfred Parish Church.The Bocks served as missionaries in Dutch New Guinea (now Papua, Indonesia) from 1954 to 1969. She engaged in pioneer work, Bible translation, literacy and some medical work. Upon their return to New England, Marjorie served several Baptist congregations as the pastor's wife. The Bocks served churches in Somersworth, NH, W. Buxton and Kittery Point. Upon retirement, they served 11 other congregations as interim pastor and wife in the coastal York County area. She was loved and respected throughout the areas in which she lived and worked with her husband.She was predeceased by her parents, stepmother Grace (Milliken) Holmes, brothers Philip A. Holmes, Rev. Chandler M. Holmes, Ralph Holmes and sister Shirley Clarke.Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Henry Bock, Jr. of W. Newfield, 3 sisters, Phyllis Mugridge of York Elizabeth Covell of Eastham, MA, Ruth Hammond and her husband Rodney of Lyman, and several nieces and nephews.A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 11 AM at the Carll-Heald & Black Funeral Home, 580 Main Street, Springvale. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery in So. Waterboro.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to TEAM, P. O. Box 969, Wheaton, IL 60189-0969. Specify contributions to Account 580200, for the Sough Tribe. To leave the family a message of condolence please use the "condolences" tab to the left.