Marcia Janet Ross, 89, of Alna, passed away May 3 at the Hill House in Bath. Born on July 4, 1925 in Nashua, N.H., she was the daughter of Frank and Ida Angell.
Marcia attended Wiscasset Elementary School and graduated from Wiscasset Academy. Following graduation, she worked as a secretary at Mason Station in Wiscasset, Bath Iron Works and Whitmore Feed in Wiscasset.
On June 22, 1946, she married Theodore (Ted) Bradford Ross. They lived in Alna in a home they had built from lumber off their own property. Together they owned and operated Ross Farm Eggs. In addition to their egg business, they grew vegetables and fruits to sell and to feed their family.
Marcia was involved in many community activities; she served on church boards and committees, was a long time member and local leader of the Knox-Lincoln County Women of Extension Service, and was a member and officer of the Sheepscot Valley Grange. For many years, Marcia was the secretary of the Wiscasset Alumni Association and served on the scholarship committee. She assisted with the Soil and Water Conversation tree and shrub sales and bus trips. The Ross family was the first family to host an American Field Service student at Wiscasset High School.
Marcia loved the ocean, animals of all kinds, gardening and growing plants, especially orchids. Sewing was another of her hobbies. She and Ted also enjoyed trips to Pennsylvania, Nags Head, Florida and Ohio.
Besides her parents, Marcia was predeceased by her husband; and son, Neil T. Ross.
She is survived by her daughter, Karen “Betsy” Card and husband Don Card of Phippsburg; nephews, David Gaecklein and wife Nancy of Boothbay Harbor; and Kenneth Gaecklein and wife Sharon of Edgecomb; grandchildren, Nathan Ross and wife Jessica Goodman of Cambridge, Mass., Mark Ross and wife Kayla of Arundel, Carrie Anne Card and fiancé Matt Bryne of Foxboro, Mass., Christopher Card and wife Jessica of Deny, N.H., and Heather (Card) Valliere and husband Sean of Kennebunk; and daughter-in-law, Vickie Tucker Ross Wilcox of Kennebunkport and Florida.
A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m., Sat., May 9 at the Damariscotta Baptist Church. She will be laid to rest privately, next to her husband, in the Alna Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, 383 US Route One, Suite 2C, Scarborough, ME 04074 or online at www.alz.org; or American Cancer Society, 1 Bowdoin Mill Island, Suite 300, Topsham, ME 04086 or online at www.cancer.org.
Condolences, and messages for the family, may be expressed by visiting www.StrongHancock.com.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Strong-Hancock Funeral Home, 612 Main St., Damariscotta.
