Marsha Lynne Davis, loved community theater
Mrs. Marsha Lynne Davis of Lewes, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, on her 76th birthday with family at her side at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes. She was born Marsha Morgan Nov. 18, 1938, in Circleville, Ohio to Carroll and Eleanor (Vandervort) Morgan. She graduated from Circleville High School where she was well known as a cheerleader and practical joker. Until her death she was a member of a small group that kept their high school class coming together for frequent reunions.
Marsha was certified as a medical technician and worked at Berger Hospital in Circleville. Later in life Marsha received her RN degree at Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown. She loved serving Sussex County and the Delaware community as a visiting nurse for many years. While living in Washington Court House, Ohio she served as the director for the Fayette County Senior Center.
In addition to her large, extended family and group of friends, Marsha’s greatest love was community theater. She was a common fixture in lead roles in such plays as "Picnic," "Damn Yankees," "Never Too Late," "Hello Dolly," "My Fair Lady," and many others. She also directed several plays to include "Cactus Flower." Most recently she was cast in a short film titled, "Interview, 7PM" that was selected for play at this year’s Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.
She loved travelling with her cherished husband Roy and they visited a number of countries to include Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Mexico, Panama and Peru.
In the last few years Marsha was devoted to many local charities and community service organizations to include St. Peter's Episcopal Church Outreach Committee, The Lightship Overfalls Foundation, The Village, a founding member of the Pink Affair to Remember, the Lewes Zoning Board and the Lewes Public Library.
Marsha is survived by her three children; John Moore and his wife Amanda, Susan Parobek and her husband Jim, and Katie Moore-Hughes and her husband Mark; two stepdaughters, Tammy Raetz and Heather Davis; 11 grandchildren, Emily, Beth, and Abbie Raetz, Stephan and Alex Parobek, Courtney, Abbie, and Tessa Moore, Jennifer Moore Deamos, Sara and Laura Hughes; and two great-grandchildren; Becca and Anna Deamos. She is also survived by her sister, Mary Beth Morgan; her nieces, Janice Perdion and Ann Rawlins' as well as two stepbrothers, Charles and Richard Gerhardt.
A Memorial Service will be held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 211 Mulberry St., Lewes, Saturday, Nov. 22, at 11 a.m., with internment in Circleville at her family plot at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Lewes.
The family asks in lieu of flowers remembrances be sent to any of the organizations mentioned above.
Please visit Marsha's Life Memorial webpage and sign her online guestbook at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.
