Funeral Details

Marcia always greeted everyone at St Francis with warmth, dignity and compassion.
Her skills as a caring pharmacist were a confort to all of us. Even when her and Rich's loss was so pronunced, she continued to care for all of us at the hospital.

May her memory be of a blessing.

ROBERT, BENITA COHEN

We met in 7th grade when Marsha was "the new kid" and we lived near each other. Fondest memories include rushing home from school to read her mom's copy of Peyton Place and watching American Bandstand. Our friendship continued through high school, college , weddings and babies. She was my visitor at Wesley Hospital to meet my newborn twins. She always remembered their birthdate!...I will miss her dearly.

Pollye Rohr

MARSHA was a warm,wonderful person.When we switched synagogues to EHNTJC in 1997,Marsha was the one who first made us feel welcome.Later,we shared many break-the-fasts and other events . She was always upbeat despite personal loss and progressive health problems.She will be missed by many.May her memory be a blessing.

JUDY AND ARTHUR KLOWDEN

I was privileged to know and care for Marsha over the past year and a half. She was pure joy, the highlight of my day/week! She was truly the best! She made everyone feel special 🩷 She was extremely smart, always kind and thoughtful, she saved the crossword puzzles for me from the newspaper and people magazines because she knew I enjoyed them, she took me to her monthly Sisterhood luncheons with her and we always had fun! She loves her collections and I would help her display them where she could see them because they made her happy! Madame Alexander dolls, to American Girl dolls, to miniatures especially turtles and tiny treasure boxes! She loved fashion and we admired the beautiful clothing that the dolls wore together! She was grateful for everything she had, for her amazing family, friends, daughter in law Goo, her very loving husband and best friend Rich, who is a very thoughtful guy and wonderful cook, he would make matzo brie for me once a week!! And her grandkids were the apple of her eye, she was so proud of them. She would send them card for every holiday from Halloween to Valentine’s Day and I would pop them in the mail for her to Nat, Clare & Timmy 💕 your Grammy loved you soo much! Marsha was a wonderful, generous person who cared for all, she was not just my client but my dear friend too! I will miss her tremendously, and I am blessed to have known her. I have many many Marsha stories but I can’t share them all here…rest in peace sweet Marsha. You will be missed!!! 💔

Tonia Selvig Marriott

We are so saddened by the loss of Marsha in our lives. As a child I attended her wedding, which I recall as being extremely pink! Marsha and Rich embraced David's parents in the most heart warming and meaningful way. Later, she embraced our son Zach and his wife Alyx when life took them to Chicago. She combined sweetness with tenacity in a way that was uniquely hers. Marsha was not only a collector of family memories and objects, but also a distributor as well. It was amazing to us, as parents, that our three children spent their early months in the same all-cotton onesies that also graced Dan and Jeremy as babies. Likewise -- but on a different scale -- she carefully passed along the family mink coat to our daughter as well. One day, Rich called and announced the date when he and Marsha would be arriving to see us in California. As a result, and very quickly, we reconfigured our house to create a guest bedroom with brand new bed for them to enjoy. We have it still. Marsha never met a family gathering she didn't enjoy and we valued every opportunity to catch up on all the news. Marsha and Rich were stalwarts at our children's weddings. For us, her memory is truly a blessing.

Teryl and David Zarnow