Sue Bushfield Marr, a woman of remarkable strength and kindness, died in her daughter's home in Newport Center, Vermont on March 3, 2013, at the age of 95 years.
To us, she was always Susie, because that was what her first grandchild heard his grandfather call her.
Born on January 18, 1918, she was the middle daughter of three born to Charles H. and Alda Faucett Bushfield.
Her precious sisters who predeceased her were Martha Bushfield VanValen of Akron and Charlotte Bushfield Patterson of Springfield.
Together, the three girls grew up in Newark, Ohio where the family spent Sundays attending the Methodist church, sharing a Sunday dinner and going for a drive to see the countryside and eating Velvet ice cream cones at the home of her friend, Sarah Antrum, and her family in Columbus.
With a degree in Home Economics, Sue graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University where she had met Dr. Thomas Edward Marr on a blind date.
She worked for the Ohio Power Company until they were married on September 7, 1941.
They then lived in Louisville, Kentucky until Dr. Marr graduated from the University of Louisville Dental School.
A daughter, Sarah, was born. When World War II finally came to an end, Sue was living with her husband, a dentist and Army Captain, and daughter at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.
In June 1946, they moved to Chillicothe where her husband began his dental practice in his father's former medical practice office and a son, Charles Thomas whom they called Tommy, was born.
The family became active in the church of Tom's childhood, First Presbyterian, where Sue taught Sunday School and Tom was an Elder.
Even without initial enthusiasm, Sue came to share her husband's love for flying in the family's private plane as they took yearly fishing trips with their children and friends, Dr. Robert and Mary Swank and their children, Nancy and Doug, to Lake Kagawong on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.
These times created profoundly vivid and cherished family memories. She learned to bait hooks, cook beans and potatoes on an open fire, fillet perch and wear bluejeans.
After her husband's death in 1985 after 43 years of marriage, Sue became a member of the Hopeton Village Board.
She volunteered in the dining room at Traditions of Chillicothe and served as a guide at Adena Mansions and Gardens Society, Governor Thomas Worthington's home as Ohio's first governor.
Before her move to Vermont in August 2012 and after moving from the family home on Cherokee Road, Sue spent a year and a half living in her own apartment at The Glade in Chillicothe.
Her Cherokee and Glade friendships and her Cherokee next door neighbors, Dick and Laura Whinery, enriched her life immensely; and she opened her heart completely to these dear people.
Lively conversations about anything from politics and education to plants and movies energized her, and she repeatedly expressed her gratitude for the privilege of living with her Glade friends after moving from Cherokee.
After her son,Tom's death in 2011, she traveled to Manchester, Kentucky to see his home there and to meet his special friends.
She recalled that trip with characteristic gratitude and joy. She found good in everything and everyone, but always, she remained wise and perceptive.
Always and even through the final moments of her life, her children and grandchildren mattered most.
She lived with honor for them and considered each important decision in the light of what would treasure and sustain them.
Sue Bushfield Marr is survived by: her daughter and her husband, of Newport Center, Vermont. Her six grandchildren. Her two step grandchildren. Her ten surviving great grandchildren. Her three step great grandchildren. Her niece and nephew.
Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband, sisters and parents, are: her granddaughter-in-law, Laurence François Marguerite Pignarre Wyllie; and her great grandsons, Evan James Yves Wyllie and Baptiste Thomas Michel Wyllie; her son, Charles Thomas Marr and her grandson, Thomas Edward Marr II.
Sue's family will receive friends at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, at First Presbyterian Church in Chillicothe, Ohio.
A service in celebration of her life, will immediately follow at 10:00 a.m.
Remembrances in tribute to the life of Sue Bushfield Marr may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church, 13 Mead Drive, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601, or to Orleans Essex VNA and Hospice, 46 Lakemont Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855.
Chillicothe Gazette 12 March 2013
To us, she was always Susie, because that was what her first grandchild heard his grandfather call her.
Born on January 18, 1918, she was the middle daughter of three born to Charles H. and Alda Faucett Bushfield.
Her precious sisters who predeceased her were Martha Bushfield VanValen of Akron and Charlotte Bushfield Patterson of Springfield.
Together, the three girls grew up in Newark, Ohio where the family spent Sundays attending the Methodist church, sharing a Sunday dinner and going for a drive to see the countryside and eating Velvet ice cream cones at the home of her friend, Sarah Antrum, and her family in Columbus.
With a degree in Home Economics, Sue graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University where she had met Dr. Thomas Edward Marr on a blind date.
She worked for the Ohio Power Company until they were married on September 7, 1941.
They then lived in Louisville, Kentucky until Dr. Marr graduated from the University of Louisville Dental School.
A daughter, Sarah, was born. When World War II finally came to an end, Sue was living with her husband, a dentist and Army Captain, and daughter at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.
In June 1946, they moved to Chillicothe where her husband began his dental practice in his father's former medical practice office and a son, Charles Thomas whom they called Tommy, was born.
The family became active in the church of Tom's childhood, First Presbyterian, where Sue taught Sunday School and Tom was an Elder.
Even without initial enthusiasm, Sue came to share her husband's love for flying in the family's private plane as they took yearly fishing trips with their children and friends, Dr. Robert and Mary Swank and their children, Nancy and Doug, to Lake Kagawong on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.
These times created profoundly vivid and cherished family memories. She learned to bait hooks, cook beans and potatoes on an open fire, fillet perch and wear bluejeans.
After her husband's death in 1985 after 43 years of marriage, Sue became a member of the Hopeton Village Board.
She volunteered in the dining room at Traditions of Chillicothe and served as a guide at Adena Mansions and Gardens Society, Governor Thomas Worthington's home as Ohio's first governor.
Before her move to Vermont in August 2012 and after moving from the family home on Cherokee Road, Sue spent a year and a half living in her own apartment at The Glade in Chillicothe.
Her Cherokee and Glade friendships and her Cherokee next door neighbors, Dick and Laura Whinery, enriched her life immensely; and she opened her heart completely to these dear people.
Lively conversations about anything from politics and education to plants and movies energized her, and she repeatedly expressed her gratitude for the privilege of living with her Glade friends after moving from Cherokee.
After her son,Tom's death in 2011, she traveled to Manchester, Kentucky to see his home there and to meet his special friends.
She recalled that trip with characteristic gratitude and joy. She found good in everything and everyone, but always, she remained wise and perceptive.
Always and even through the final moments of her life, her children and grandchildren mattered most.
She lived with honor for them and considered each important decision in the light of what would treasure and sustain them.
Sue Bushfield Marr is survived by: her daughter and her husband, of Newport Center, Vermont. Her six grandchildren. Her two step grandchildren. Her ten surviving great grandchildren. Her three step great grandchildren. Her niece and nephew.
Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband, sisters and parents, are: her granddaughter-in-law, Laurence François Marguerite Pignarre Wyllie; and her great grandsons, Evan James Yves Wyllie and Baptiste Thomas Michel Wyllie; her son, Charles Thomas Marr and her grandson, Thomas Edward Marr II.
Sue's family will receive friends at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, at First Presbyterian Church in Chillicothe, Ohio.
A service in celebration of her life, will immediately follow at 10:00 a.m.
Remembrances in tribute to the life of Sue Bushfield Marr may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church, 13 Mead Drive, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601, or to Orleans Essex VNA and Hospice, 46 Lakemont Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855.
Chillicothe Gazette 12 March 2013
Sue Bushfield Marr, a woman of remarkable strength and kindness, died in her daughter's home in Newport Center, Vermont on March 3, 2013, at the age of 95 years.
To us, she was always Susie, because that was what her first grandchild heard his grandfather call her.
Born on January 18, 1918, she was the middle daughter of three born to Charles H. and Alda Faucett Bushfield.
Her precious sisters who predeceased her were Martha Bushfield VanValen of Akron and Charlotte Bushfield Patterson of Springfield.
Together, the three girls grew up in Newark, Ohio where the family spent Sundays attending the Methodist church, sharing a Sunday dinner and going for a drive to see the countryside and eating Velvet ice cream cones at the home of her friend, Sarah Antrum, and her family in Columbus.
With a degree in Home Economics, Sue graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University where she had met Dr. Thomas Edward Marr on a blind date.
She worked for the Ohio Power Company until they were married on September 7, 1941.
They then lived in Louisville, Kentucky until Dr. Marr graduated from the University of Louisville Dental School.
A daughter, Sarah, was born. When World War II finally came to an end, Sue was living with her husband, a dentist and Army Captain, and daughter at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.
In June 1946, they moved to Chillicothe where her husband began his dental practice in his father's former medical practice office and a son, Charles Thomas whom they called Tommy, was born.
The family became active in the church of Tom's childhood, First Presbyterian, where Sue taught Sunday School and Tom was an Elder.
Even without initial enthusiasm, Sue came to share her husband's love for flying in the family's private plane as they took yearly fishing trips with their children and friends, Dr. Robert and Mary Swank and their children, Nancy and Doug, to Lake Kagawong on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.
These times created profoundly vivid and cherished family memories. She learned to bait hooks, cook beans and potatoes on an open fire, fillet perch and wear bluejeans.
After her husband's death in 1985 after 43 years of marriage, Sue became a member of the Hopeton Village Board.
She volunteered in the dining room at Traditions of Chillicothe and served as a guide at Adena Mansions and Gardens Society, Governor Thomas Worthington's home as Ohio's first governor.
Before her move to Vermont in August 2012 and after moving from the family home on Cherokee Road, Sue spent a year and a half living in her own apartment at The Glade in Chillicothe.
Her Cherokee and Glade friendships and her Cherokee next door neighbors, Dick and Laura Whinery, enriched her life immensely; and she opened her heart completely to these dear people.
Lively conversations about anything from politics and education to plants and movies energized her, and she repeatedly expressed her gratitude for the privilege of living with her Glade friends after moving from Cherokee.
After her son,Tom's death in 2011, she traveled to Manchester, Kentucky to see his home there and to meet his special friends.
She recalled that trip with characteristic gratitude and joy. She found good in everything and everyone, but always, she remained wise and perceptive.
Always and even through the final moments of her life, her children and grandchildren mattered most.
She lived with honor for them and considered each important decision in the light of what would treasure and sustain them.
Sue Bushfield Marr is survived by: her daughter and her husband, of Newport Center, Vermont. Her six grandchildren. Her two step grandchildren. Her ten surviving great grandchildren. Her three step great grandchildren. Her niece and nephew.
Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband, sisters and parents, are: her granddaughter-in-law, Laurence François Marguerite Pignarre Wyllie; and her great grandsons, Evan James Yves Wyllie and Baptiste Thomas Michel Wyllie; her son, Charles Thomas Marr and her grandson, Thomas Edward Marr II.
Sue's family will receive friends at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, at First Presbyterian Church in Chillicothe, Ohio.
A service in celebration of her life, will immediately follow at 10:00 a.m.
Remembrances in tribute to the life of Sue Bushfield Marr may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church, 13 Mead Drive, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601, or to Orleans Essex VNA and Hospice, 46 Lakemont Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855.
Chillicothe Gazette 12 March 2013
To us, she was always Susie, because that was what her first grandchild heard his grandfather call her.
Born on January 18, 1918, she was the middle daughter of three born to Charles H. and Alda Faucett Bushfield.
Her precious sisters who predeceased her were Martha Bushfield VanValen of Akron and Charlotte Bushfield Patterson of Springfield.
Together, the three girls grew up in Newark, Ohio where the family spent Sundays attending the Methodist church, sharing a Sunday dinner and going for a drive to see the countryside and eating Velvet ice cream cones at the home of her friend, Sarah Antrum, and her family in Columbus.
With a degree in Home Economics, Sue graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University where she had met Dr. Thomas Edward Marr on a blind date.
She worked for the Ohio Power Company until they were married on September 7, 1941.
They then lived in Louisville, Kentucky until Dr. Marr graduated from the University of Louisville Dental School.
A daughter, Sarah, was born. When World War II finally came to an end, Sue was living with her husband, a dentist and Army Captain, and daughter at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas.
In June 1946, they moved to Chillicothe where her husband began his dental practice in his father's former medical practice office and a son, Charles Thomas whom they called Tommy, was born.
The family became active in the church of Tom's childhood, First Presbyterian, where Sue taught Sunday School and Tom was an Elder.
Even without initial enthusiasm, Sue came to share her husband's love for flying in the family's private plane as they took yearly fishing trips with their children and friends, Dr. Robert and Mary Swank and their children, Nancy and Doug, to Lake Kagawong on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.
These times created profoundly vivid and cherished family memories. She learned to bait hooks, cook beans and potatoes on an open fire, fillet perch and wear bluejeans.
After her husband's death in 1985 after 43 years of marriage, Sue became a member of the Hopeton Village Board.
She volunteered in the dining room at Traditions of Chillicothe and served as a guide at Adena Mansions and Gardens Society, Governor Thomas Worthington's home as Ohio's first governor.
Before her move to Vermont in August 2012 and after moving from the family home on Cherokee Road, Sue spent a year and a half living in her own apartment at The Glade in Chillicothe.
Her Cherokee and Glade friendships and her Cherokee next door neighbors, Dick and Laura Whinery, enriched her life immensely; and she opened her heart completely to these dear people.
Lively conversations about anything from politics and education to plants and movies energized her, and she repeatedly expressed her gratitude for the privilege of living with her Glade friends after moving from Cherokee.
After her son,Tom's death in 2011, she traveled to Manchester, Kentucky to see his home there and to meet his special friends.
She recalled that trip with characteristic gratitude and joy. She found good in everything and everyone, but always, she remained wise and perceptive.
Always and even through the final moments of her life, her children and grandchildren mattered most.
She lived with honor for them and considered each important decision in the light of what would treasure and sustain them.
Sue Bushfield Marr is survived by: her daughter and her husband, of Newport Center, Vermont. Her six grandchildren. Her two step grandchildren. Her ten surviving great grandchildren. Her three step great grandchildren. Her niece and nephew.
Preceding her in death, in addition to her husband, sisters and parents, are: her granddaughter-in-law, Laurence François Marguerite Pignarre Wyllie; and her great grandsons, Evan James Yves Wyllie and Baptiste Thomas Michel Wyllie; her son, Charles Thomas Marr and her grandson, Thomas Edward Marr II.
Sue's family will receive friends at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, at First Presbyterian Church in Chillicothe, Ohio.
A service in celebration of her life, will immediately follow at 10:00 a.m.
Remembrances in tribute to the life of Sue Bushfield Marr may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church, 13 Mead Drive, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601, or to Orleans Essex VNA and Hospice, 46 Lakemont Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855.
Chillicothe Gazette 12 March 2013
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