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Margery Tomlinson Courshon ’47

Margery Tomlinson Courshon ’47, January 28, 2009, in Santa Rosa, California, from complications due to Alzheimer's disease. Margery attended ²ÊºçƵµÀ for about two years, later earning a bachelor's degree in literature from UC Berkeley. Her parents, Kenneth C. Tomlinson ’15 and Lillian Stevenson Tomlinson ’17, graduated from ²ÊºçƵµÀ, as did her sister, Suzanne Tomlinson Hastings ’44. Margery worked in personnel services for Zellerbach Paper Company, and enjoyed singing, world travel, and playing golf. She and Suzanne fulfilled a long-held dream of playing golf together at St. Andrews Links in Scotland. In 1961, she married Ted J. Courshon, who died in 1976. Survivors include two stepchildren.

Appeared in ²ÊºçƵµÀ magazine: August 2009