Marcella J. MacLeod

Marcella Jean Soeby was born October 10, 1922, in Walhalla, ND, to Carl and Martha (Metelmann) Soeby. She was raised in Walhalla where she graduated from high school in 1940. She then received a degree from Wahpeton (ND) State School of Science in 1942.

Marcella worked as a secretary for the US State Department in Washington, DC, until the end of WW II. She then moved to Rochester, MN, where she worked at the Mayo Clinic. In 1950, Marcella moved to Fargo, ND, where she worked for WDAY Broadcasting.

Marcella married Laurence "Larry" MacLeod on June 21, 1953, in Crystal, ND, and they made their home in Halstad, MN. They moved to Moorhead, MN, in 1954, where Larry was the basketball coach at Moorhead State University. At that time, Marcella began her life's work as a collector and dealer of antiques. She operated her business from her home in Moorhead, as well as Block 6 in downtown Fargo.

Marcella died Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in Villa Maria, Fargo, at ninety-three years of age.

She is survived by her husband, Larry, Fargo; son, Robert (Joan) MacLeod, Minneapolis, MN; two grandsons, Seth and Connor; and a sister, Carol (Floyd) Hanson, Grand Forks, ND. She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Martha; and a brother, Jack.

A gathering of friends will be Thursday, April 21, 2016, from 5 - 7 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead. A celebration service will be Friday, April 22, 2016, at 2 PM, at First Presbyterian Church, Moorhead. Inurnment will be in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Moorhead.

Memorials are preferred to Hospice of the Red River Valley.