Marcia Witt
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:06 PM MDT
VENICE - Our kind, loving, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Marcia Ellen Wilson Marshall Witt, 99, died July 10, 2009, at her daughter's home in Grand Junction, Colo.
She was born Dec. 19, 1909, in Colonia Morelos, Sonora, Mexico, a daughter of David Johnson and Miriam Adella Cox Wilson.
Both her grandfathers served in the Mormon Battalion. Her father, at the age of 12 in 1855, walked barefoot, herding cows across the plains. While still a young, single man he rode for the Pony Express between Monroe and Cove Fort.
Her father was previously married to Julia Didamia Johnson and they had 11 children. Her father married Marcia's mother, July 1, 1895. Marcia was the seventh of eight children born to her father and mother. She had 29 sibling, including 14 half and eight step-siblings.
As a 14-month-old infant, she journeyed in a horse-drawn wagon from Mexico to Hillsdale. Marica's father died three months before her third birthday. Her mother became a nurse and delivered many children in Tropic where Marcia grew up. Her mother, with eight children, married Frank Riding, a widower with seven children. They had three more children.
At the age of 20, Marcia married Walter Marshall, a widower with two children. Marcia and Walt had four children. They raised their family in Marysvale.
Walt died in 1964, leaving Marcia a widow at age 56. She learned to drive a car, and to visit family and friends. She spent several months in the wilds of British Columbia with her daughter Zona and family.
At age 62, she married Dean Witt. They first lived in Salt Lake City, but moved to the place they loved in Venice where they cared for her son, Clayton's beaver ranch. Marcia also raised chickens. They enjoyed numerous visitors and their home was plastered with photos of grandchildren and announcements of births, weddings and graduations.
At 67, she flew with Dean to Australia for an LDS mission that was a highlight to their lives. She enjoyed quilting, chickens, and learning, but she loved people - especially her grandchildren. She made many quilts for their births and weddings.
After Dean passed away she moved to Grand Junction, where she lived her last years with her daughter and son-in-law. She was frequently visited by friends and family and always gave them hugs. Now she leaves us for her final destination.
She married Walter Allen Marshall June 19, 1930. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS temple, Nov. 10, 1965. He preceded her in death Feb. 6, 1964. She then married Dean Russell Witt, Oct. 29, 1971, in the Salt Lake temple. He preceded her in death Nov. 22, 1990.
She is also preceded in death by a son, Walter V. Marshall; her parents; a daughter-in-law, Donna Jacobsen Marshall; great-grandson, Brandon Savage; and 28 siblings.
She is survived by her children, Clayton J. (Lavonne) Marshall, Venice; Zona (Eldon) Bray, Grand Junction; Henry LaVon (Pamela) Marshall; stepchildren with Walter Marshall, Mildred Marshall (Leonard) Carlson, all Salt Lake City; Lenard Allen Marshall; stepchildren with Dean Witt, Dorothy Ruth McGuire, Leslie Dean Witt, Nora Kathleen Vennard, Randy Lee Bringhurst and Danell Justet; half-brother, Robert Dennis Riding, St. George. She has 14 actual grandchildren and many more by marriage; numerous great-and great-great-grandchildren. She loved them all. We will miss her dearly.
Funeral services are scheduled to take place Friday, July 17, at noon, at the LDS church, 2235 Kingston Road in Grand Junction. Friends may call after 11 a.m., prior to services.
Additional service are slated for Saturday, July 18, at noon, at the Venice LDS church, where friends may call at 11 a.m.
Interment will be in the Venice Cemetery.
Funeral directors, Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina, and Manti.
Online guest book at www.maglebymortuary.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Some Insight
I think it is about time to post some stuff. To start, thank you to all my family and loved ones who have been thinking of me and have been supporting me. You know who you are and I love you dearly.
Josh and I are struggling right now as a couple. He is currently sleeping at his moms and not at home. Just before the 4th of July, you could say he fell off the wagon and I caught him in some big lies. We are trying to work through them. We both need to heal and he is trying to deal with his issues where they are not hurting his family. If we can work through this... it's going to take a lot of time. Josh has been over and involved so much since we got home from my Moms cabin over the 4th, that Olivia doesn't even really know what is going on. We are just trying to answer her questions and communicated with her each day. We are trying not to raise too many red flags and keep life for the girls as normal as possible.
I appreciate any support you all give Josh as he tries to deal and work on healing his relationships. Josh has a lot to accept for his past and his choices and he is trying to deal and work towards the future. I hope that he can be his word and we may heal as a family.
I am doing OK for the most part, yesterday was a bad day. I have been in a lot of shock and been very hurt by everything. My girls keep me strong and motivated. I am just trying to do what's best for us all. I have been doing a lot of soul searching and trying to use this low as a humbling and bettering experience for me. I am not sure I'm doing a good job of that yet, but I'm trying to just take one day at a time through this all. Loosing trust in someone you love is very devastating.
As most of you all know, my Great Grandma Marcia Witt passed away this last Friday. (My Dad's Grandma) She was one of the most amazing women I have ever known, and I am truly a better person for having her touched my life. She leaves behind an amazing legacy. Her love and inspiration is everywhere that I look. I have exactly seven quilts touched by her amazing hands(one that we made together even), her picture and smile shine back at me in my front room. I am very lucky to have known her and have her example touch my children. Not many can say they knew and enjoyed time with their Great Grandma... but I can. Our weekend will be revolving around her funeral. I am sad to say, it will be wonderful to see all the family. We don't ALL get together much on my Dad's side of the family. Josh has some prior obligations and it looks like he will not be able to go. I'm sad that he is going to be missing out on such an experience to get to know the woman his youngest daughter is named after.
So...with the emotional roller coaster I am dealing with I have been very selfish with the happy things. But, here they are...
Olivia lost her first and second tooth in the last few weeks. Her new teeth started coming in behind and before the teeth were loose. I'm very happy that the did become loose and fall out.
I was worried she would have to have them pulled. She still might have to have some pulled to make room, but two is better than four. We have a dentist apt next week. Of course, she lost them both when staying with the beloved Buna and Papa... and had to bring her teeth home for the tooth fairy to find. She is just happy it doesn't hurt to eat anymore.
Today she had a big evening. She finally got her bike fixed and a new helmet. So,she was able to learn to ride her bike without training wheels. She did an amazing job, she didn't give up!
Until I made her come in... she was pretty frustrated. She is learning to stop and still cant turn around in a circle by herself. But, she goes straight for a long ways. I'm sure she will have it mastered in no time flat. She now needs a bigger bike. She has completely out grown her old bike, but I wouldn't break down and get a new one till she learned to ride without training wheels. So, if anyone see's a good girl bike, send it my way.
Jorja is her silly self. She has started doing this fake laugh, holding her hand over her mouth and bouncing her whole body as she giggles. She was doing it a lot last week after hitting her sister. I hope we have stopped with the hitting part. She is all over the place and into everything. She wants to be grown up and doing exactly what everyone else and especially what Olivia is doing.
We girls spent the fourth of July weekend as planned in Mt Pleasant at my Moms cabin. The girls had so much fun at the carnival and the parade.
Olivia came home with a whole bag of candy, some otter pops, and two pairs of sunglasses. It was a great parade. I think we have a fun tradition started. Mt Pleasant sure does now how to celebrate.
Besides the 4th of July festivities we spent some time driving up to the reservoir and along Skyline Drive.
It was perfect up there! We even found some snow to play in, of course we were at almost ten thousand feet. It was great fun!
The cabin was a nice place to spend the weekend and it was hard to come home to the heat.
Josh worked extra hard this last Saturday and we finally got the finishing touches on the back yard and put in the seed. I hope to be sprouting grass any day. I'm doing my best to keep it watered and moist even with the 90 deg weather. Our sprinklers in the back are not working as well as we had hoped. Josh is trying to figure out what is going on so that I don't have to keep moving the hose around twice a day. My little grow box is bursting! I kind of over did it with my plants... I guess I do have a bit of a green thumb. I have loads of tomatoes and butternut squash coming on. I can't wait to be eating them. We did pick and eat a broccoli this weekend. Our first product of the garden. It was pretty yummy!
I should try and get some sleep now. I hope that this is an adequate update on things. Will do my best to post more soon.
Josh and I are struggling right now as a couple. He is currently sleeping at his moms and not at home. Just before the 4th of July, you could say he fell off the wagon and I caught him in some big lies. We are trying to work through them. We both need to heal and he is trying to deal with his issues where they are not hurting his family. If we can work through this... it's going to take a lot of time. Josh has been over and involved so much since we got home from my Moms cabin over the 4th, that Olivia doesn't even really know what is going on. We are just trying to answer her questions and communicated with her each day. We are trying not to raise too many red flags and keep life for the girls as normal as possible.
I appreciate any support you all give Josh as he tries to deal and work on healing his relationships. Josh has a lot to accept for his past and his choices and he is trying to deal and work towards the future. I hope that he can be his word and we may heal as a family.
I am doing OK for the most part, yesterday was a bad day. I have been in a lot of shock and been very hurt by everything. My girls keep me strong and motivated. I am just trying to do what's best for us all. I have been doing a lot of soul searching and trying to use this low as a humbling and bettering experience for me. I am not sure I'm doing a good job of that yet, but I'm trying to just take one day at a time through this all. Loosing trust in someone you love is very devastating.
As most of you all know, my Great Grandma Marcia Witt passed away this last Friday. (My Dad's Grandma) She was one of the most amazing women I have ever known, and I am truly a better person for having her touched my life. She leaves behind an amazing legacy. Her love and inspiration is everywhere that I look. I have exactly seven quilts touched by her amazing hands(one that we made together even), her picture and smile shine back at me in my front room. I am very lucky to have known her and have her example touch my children. Not many can say they knew and enjoyed time with their Great Grandma... but I can. Our weekend will be revolving around her funeral. I am sad to say, it will be wonderful to see all the family. We don't ALL get together much on my Dad's side of the family. Josh has some prior obligations and it looks like he will not be able to go. I'm sad that he is going to be missing out on such an experience to get to know the woman his youngest daughter is named after.
So...with the emotional roller coaster I am dealing with I have been very selfish with the happy things. But, here they are...
Olivia lost her first and second tooth in the last few weeks. Her new teeth started coming in behind and before the teeth were loose. I'm very happy that the did become loose and fall out.
I was worried she would have to have them pulled. She still might have to have some pulled to make room, but two is better than four. We have a dentist apt next week. Of course, she lost them both when staying with the beloved Buna and Papa... and had to bring her teeth home for the tooth fairy to find. She is just happy it doesn't hurt to eat anymore.
Today she had a big evening. She finally got her bike fixed and a new helmet. So,she was able to learn to ride her bike without training wheels. She did an amazing job, she didn't give up!
Until I made her come in... she was pretty frustrated. She is learning to stop and still cant turn around in a circle by herself. But, she goes straight for a long ways. I'm sure she will have it mastered in no time flat. She now needs a bigger bike. She has completely out grown her old bike, but I wouldn't break down and get a new one till she learned to ride without training wheels. So, if anyone see's a good girl bike, send it my way.
Jorja is her silly self. She has started doing this fake laugh, holding her hand over her mouth and bouncing her whole body as she giggles. She was doing it a lot last week after hitting her sister. I hope we have stopped with the hitting part. She is all over the place and into everything. She wants to be grown up and doing exactly what everyone else and especially what Olivia is doing.
We girls spent the fourth of July weekend as planned in Mt Pleasant at my Moms cabin. The girls had so much fun at the carnival and the parade.
Olivia came home with a whole bag of candy, some otter pops, and two pairs of sunglasses. It was a great parade. I think we have a fun tradition started. Mt Pleasant sure does now how to celebrate.
Besides the 4th of July festivities we spent some time driving up to the reservoir and along Skyline Drive.
It was perfect up there! We even found some snow to play in, of course we were at almost ten thousand feet. It was great fun!
The cabin was a nice place to spend the weekend and it was hard to come home to the heat.
Josh worked extra hard this last Saturday and we finally got the finishing touches on the back yard and put in the seed. I hope to be sprouting grass any day. I'm doing my best to keep it watered and moist even with the 90 deg weather. Our sprinklers in the back are not working as well as we had hoped. Josh is trying to figure out what is going on so that I don't have to keep moving the hose around twice a day. My little grow box is bursting! I kind of over did it with my plants... I guess I do have a bit of a green thumb. I have loads of tomatoes and butternut squash coming on. I can't wait to be eating them. We did pick and eat a broccoli this weekend. Our first product of the garden. It was pretty yummy!
I should try and get some sleep now. I hope that this is an adequate update on things. Will do my best to post more soon.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Hard Times In the Neighborhood
Life is rough right now. Our little family is having some hard reality checks and only time will tell us where we will end up. I don't even know where to start at this moment to explain it all. I hope to write about life soon... I'm pretty much too depressed right now to do so. Love you all!
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