Lucy C. Marston

Lucy C. Marston, 102, of Iron Mountain, MI, died at her daughter’s home in Maplewood, MN Saturday, Oct. 15. She was born March 21, 1914 in Oxford, Mississippi, the daughter of Auber J. and Mary (Dent) Wilds, and the sister of Mary D. Winter, all now deceased. After graduating from Blue Mountain College in 1936 she worked for the Mississippi offices of the Southern Baptist Convention and later returned to Blue Mountain College as director of Baptist activities at the college. Following her marriage to Amos W. Marston on Nov. 22, 1945, she moved with him to Iron Mountain, Michigan, her home for most of her life. Throughout her life she had a deep dedication to her Christian faith. She was an active member of Immanuel Baptist (now Redemption Hill) Church and, among other activities, taught a women’s Sunday school class there for many years. She was also well known for public speaking at churches and organizations in the Iron Mountain area. Later in her life, she regularly conducted religious services at Manor Care Nursing Home and Highland Nursing Home. She was a founder and active participant in the Association of Parents of Retarded Children, and it was partly because of her work on behalf of the mentally disabled that she was named Woman of the Year in 1959 by the Iron Mountain University Women’s Club. She was also a longtime member of the Northwoods Philatelic Society. In 2010 she began living with her daughter in Minnesota where, at the age of 95, she demonstrated her continuing capacity to engage with a wide variety of new people, in particular in the community she joined at St. Paul Fellowship Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Amos Marston in 2002 and her son James in 2012. Lucy is survived by four children, Walter Marston (Susan) of Grand Rapids, MI; Mary Marston Lloyd (William), of Maplewood, MN; John Marston of Mexico City, Mexico, and Samuel Marston (Heidi) of Red Lion, PA. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Katie Marston (Diana Heom), William Lloyd (Laura); Laura Marston, Michael Lloyd, John Marston, Logan Marston, and Ethan Marston, and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home in Iron Mountain and on Saturday from 1:00 to 2:00 pm at Redemption Hill in Kingsford. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 pm on Saturday at Redemption Hill. Rev. Ron Wolfe will officiate. Burial will be in Iron Mountain Cemetery Park. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Lucy Marston online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home with the funeral arrangements.

Lucy C. Marston

March 21, 1914 - October 15, 2016