February 5, 1943 – March 20, 2021

Shirley Susan (Czech) Marquette, 78 of Buffalo, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Shirley was born on February 5, 1943 in Watertown, the daughter of Valentine and Anne (Bronder) Czech.

Shirley was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s of Czestochowa in Watertown, Minn. She graduated from Delano High School in 1961. She nannied in the cities on weekend starting at age 14, which she greatly enjoyed.

On June 24, 1961, Gordon Marquette and Shirley Czech were united in marriage at St. Mary’s of Czestochowa in Delano, Minn. She spent her early years as a home-maker and helping on the farm. She worked at Deer Lake orchard for a period of time, then cleaned houses for 25+ years.

Shirley found great enjoyment in gardening, cooking and canning. If you stopped to visit, she always had something to feed you. She was a great sewer, sewing clothes for her children when they were young, then quilting later, joining the SAM quilters at St. Timothy’s Catholic Church in Maple Lake. She made quilts for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved visiting and playing cards; the longer the game, the longer the visit.

Shirley loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, attending as many sporting events, concerts, programs as possible.

Shirley was preceded in death by:  her husband Gordon F. Marquette, her parents, Valentine and Anne Czech; parents-in-law, Claude and Esther Marquette; siblings-in-law, Marlin Tonsberg, and Paul Christiansen, Shirley and Frank Fouquette, Lauren Marquette and Al LePage.

She is survived by: her children, David Marquette, Dianne (Dan) Mosley, Valerie (Rick) Botzet, Timothy (Jana) Marquette, Kevin (Peggy) Marquette, Lawrence Marquette (special friend (Jon Fritz); grandchildren, Jessica ( Mike) Weiers, Justin (Britt) Mosley, Anna (Marshal) Kniffen, Ellie Botzet, Claudia Botzet, Gerald Marquette, Olivia Marquette, Alexander Marquette, Zachary Marquette, Samuel Marquette; great-grandchildren, Milly Weiers, Kennett Mosley and James Mosley; siblings, Delores Tonsberg, Barbara (Don) Berens, Sandra (Bruce) Ostenson, Linda Czech, Rita Christiansen; siblings-in-law, Ginny Marquette, Berneal (Jerome) Decker, Marcella LePage, Mary (Robert T.) Wurm, Roger (Mary) Marquette, Jody (Ron) Rassat; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, other family, and friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, March 27, at 11:00 a.m., with visitation beginning at 9:30 a.m., at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Buffalo with Father Nathaniel Meyers as Celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Buffalo.