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'''Marion Gore Kurfiss''' (August 7, 1905 – January 20, 1993)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102847143/marion-kurfiss|title=Marion Gore Kurfiss|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> was the president of the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women from 1975 to 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lfrw.org/officers.php|title=LFRW Officers|publisher=Louisiana Federation of Republican Women|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Born in [[Missouri]] and married in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], she lived during part of the 1930s in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], but according to the 1940 census, she had relocated to her permanent home in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2442&h=124802264&indiv=try&o_cvc=Image:OtherRecord|title=1940 Census: Marion Kurfiss|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
'''Marion Gore Kurfiss''' (August 7, 1905 – January 20, 1993)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102847143/marion-kurfiss|title=Marion Gore Kurfiss|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> was the president of the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women from 1975 to 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lfrw.org/officers.php|title=LFRW Officers|publisher=Louisiana Federation of Republican Women|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Born in [[Missouri]] and married in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], she lived during part of the 1930s in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], but according to the 1940 census, she had relocated to her permanent home in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2442&h=124802264&indiv=try&o_cvc=Image:OtherRecord|title=1940 Census: Marion Kurfiss|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
Kurfiss was the daughter of John M. Gore (1846-1920), who was fifty-nine when she was born, and the former Anna Marie Frietzsche (1871-1926), who died when Marion was twenty-one.<ref name=findagrave/> In 1924, already married to John Frederick Kurfiss, II (1901-1959), she worked at the age of nineteen in the [[Calvin Coolidge]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] campaign sending out mailers though she was too young to vote in the election, held only four years after passage of the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]]. In Louisiana, she remained a Republican activist so highly regarded that the party named in her honor, the Marion Gore Kurfiss Award to the "best all-around club" of the federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfrw.org/documents/2019May-LFRWELEPHANTIMENewsletter.pdf|title=Metropolitan Republican Women|publisher=Louisiana Federation of
Kurfiss was the daughter of John M. Gore (1846-1920), who was fifty-nine when she was born, and the former Anna Marie Frietzsche (1871-1926), who died when Marion was twenty-one.<ref name=findagrave/> In 1924, already married to John Frederick Kurfiss, II (1901-1959), she worked at the age of nineteen in the [[Calvin Coolidge]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] campaign sending out mailers though she was too young to vote in the election, held only four years after passage of the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]]. In Louisiana, she remained a Republican activist so highly regarded that the party named in her honor, the Marion Gore Kurfiss Award to the "best all-around club" of the federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfrw.org/documents/2019May-LFRWELEPHANTIMENewsletter.pdf|title=Metropolitan Republican Women|publisher=Louisiana Federation of Republican Women |accesdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
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Marion Kurfiss and her husband, John G. Kurfiss, Jr. (1901-1959), were the parents of two sons, John "Jack" Kurfiss, III (1924-2019), and David C. Kurfiss (born c. 1938, deceased). John Kurfiss, III, a veteran of the [[United States Navy]] in [[World War II]] and an avid outdoorsman, established Jack's Marine Sales and was one of the founding members of Bayou Bassmasters of Alexandria. In 1962, he wed the former Bette Bordelon (1934-2020), a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, south of Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=191844858|title=John Kurfiss obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 17, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Bette Kurfiss was a [[Roman Catholic]] [[eucharist]]ic minister and a long-term [[tennis]] enthusiast who from 1979 to 1981 was the tennis coordinator for Holy Savior Menard Central High School on Coliseum Boulevard in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=bette-bordelon-kurfiss&pid=196749936|title=Betty Bordelon Kurfiss obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=September 4, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Despite Marion's Republican affiliation, John and Bette Kurfiss were [[Democratic Party|Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/bette-kurfiss/e50134371696|title=Bette Kurfiss (Bordelon)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-kurfiss/e459049390872|title=Jack Kurfiss (F)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
Marion Kurfiss and her husband, John G. Kurfiss, Jr. (1901-1959), were the parents of two sons, John "Jack" Kurfiss, III (1924-2019), and David C. Kurfiss (born c. 1938, deceased). John Kurfiss, III, a veteran of the [[United States Navy]] in [[World War II]] and an avid outdoorsman, established Jack's Marine Sales and was one of the founding members of Bayou Bassmasters of Alexandria. In 1962, he wed the former Bette Bordelon (1934-2020), a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish, south of Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=191844858|title=John Kurfiss obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 17, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Bette Kurfiss was a [[Roman Catholic]] [[eucharist]]ic minister and a long-term [[tennis]] enthusiast who from 1979 to 1981 was the tennis coordinator for Holy Savior Menard Central High School on Coliseum Boulevard in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=bette-bordelon-kurfiss&pid=196749936|title=Betty Bordelon Kurfiss obituary|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=September 4, 2020|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Despite Marion's Republican affiliation, John and Bette Kurfiss were [[Democratic Party|Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/bette-kurfiss/e50134371696|title=Bette Kurfiss (Bordelon)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-kurfiss/e459049390872|title=Jack Kurfiss (F)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
The Marion Kurfiss Scholarship at Louisiana State University in Alexandria is named in her honor. Preference is given to education majors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lsuafoundation.org/scholarships|title=Marion Kurfiss Scholarship|publisher=LSUA Foundation|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
The Marion Kurfiss Scholarship at Louisiana State University in Alexandria is named in her honor. Preference is given to education majors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lsuafoundation.org/scholarships|title=Marion Kurfiss Scholarship|publisher=LSUA Foundation|accessdate=September 7, 2020}}</ref>