In 1982, the Alaska Historical Commission commissioned Margie to write "Between Two Rivers: the growth of Chugiak-Eagle River, Alaska," a 200-page history of the area. Margie was a skilled violinist and played for many years with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. There Margie served as chief reporter for the Chugiak-Eagle River Star and immersed herself in the study of Alaska history. In 1975, the family moved to Eagle River, Alaska. Margie earned a degree in library science and became a school librarian. In 1970, the family relocated to Meridian. Margie worked from home as a reporter for local and regional newspapers. They had three more children: Cathy, Nancy and Andrew. They moved to McCall, Idaho, where Byron worked for the U.S. Margie returned to Caldwell, where she met and married Byron Cochrane, an architect and WWII veteran. The family resided in Idaho's remote mining camps until Jack's untimely death in a mining accident, in 1956. She married her high school sweetheart Jack Fletcher and had two daughters, Becky and Ann. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. Widowed in 1929, Karen later married Harvey McNeel, who adopted Margie. Margie was born to Karen Mathea Jensen and Harold Jester on July 5, 1924, in Caldwell, Idaho. Alaska author and historian Marjorie Cochrane died at home surrounded by family, in Nahcotta, Wash., on March 12, 2022.
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