Marjorie Elizabeth Shaw Kubach, 102, died on January 27, 2024.

Marjorie was born August 12, 1921, to Lloyd and Gertrude (Jones) Shaw in Bath, Ohio, on the family farm her maternal grandparents, Henry and Elizabeth (Schmid) Jones, had acquired as a homestead.  She spent summers on the Bath farm as a child and grew up on West 41st Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.  She graduated from JamesFord Rhodes High School in 1939.  There, she was encouraged to pursue art by her high school art teacher, Mrs. Busch, who became a devoted friend.  She attended the Cleveland Institute of Art between 1941 and 1945 while drawing maps for the U.S. Army during World War II.  From 1945 -1946, Marjorie studied painting and printmaking at the Art Students' League in New York City, where she met her husband, Allen Kubach, and began lifelong friendships with fellow artists Gaylord Flory and Philip Callahan and their families.  Marjorie and Allen were marriedin Sandusky, Ohio, on May 24, 1946.  After teaching art at Kansas State University for two years, the couple moved to Chicago.  There, Marjorie found a calling designing window displays for the department store Marshall Fields.  In 1953, Marjorie and Allen moved to Brooklyn, NY.

After starting a family, Marjorie and Allen relocated to a converted barn in New Milford, NJ, where raising a family and having art studios werepossible.  In New Jersey, she became an active member of the Women's Alliance of Central Unitarian Church and developed lasting friendships.  Marjorie returned to school evenings, earning a BS degree and an MFA in Printmaking from New York University.

Over her career, Marjorie participated in many juried and invitational exhibitions during her career, most notably with the Pen & Brush, Inc., New Jersey Watercolor Society, Rockland Center for the Arts, National Association of Women Artists, Rutgers University, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Trenton State College, Hawaii National Print Exhibit, Pratt Graphic Center, Boston Center for the Arts, New Jersey Designer Craftsmen, Artist Craftsmen of New York, Roosevelt College, Printmaking Council of New Jersey.  Her works appear in the Museum of Texas, Decordova Museum, Library of the Blind and Handicapped, Mid-Atlantic States Arts Consortium, and private collections.

Marjorie was a Fine Arts Lecturer at Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY, and also taught at the Rockland Center for the Arts, Bergen Community College, and Kansas State College.  She was a member of the Painting Affiliates of the Art Center of Northern New Jersey and volunteered to teach painting to handicapped individuals.

Samples of her work can be viewed here: https://marjorie-shaw-kubach.artspan.com/

Marjore had many interests.  She devoted much time and love to the Women's Alliance of Central Unitarian Church.  Marjorie was an activist for women's rights and a member of the National Organization for Women.  She loved to garden: her garden attracted the neighborhood's attention, producing new colors weekly in spring and summer.  She loved to read and was always looking for an interesting read.

Marjorie was preceded in death by her husband, Allen Kubach; son, Douglas Kubach; and daughter-in-law, Patricia Ireland.

Marjorie is survived by her son, Kevin Kubach; daughters-in-law, Ruth Finglass and Suzanne Tacheny Kubach; grandchildren, Vanessa Kubach, Nora Kubach, and Theodore Kubach; and great-grandson, William Kubach.

Donations in her memory can be made to the Women's Alliance of Central Unitarian Church, 105 Fairview Ave., Westwood, NJ 07675.

Please share memories at: marjoriekubach@gmail.com