Marcia Crosby Ogle, 97

Marcia Crosby Ogle died August 18, 2015 at the Hospice House in Hayden, Idaho. She was born May 11, 1918 in Portland Oregon, the eldest of five children, to Joseph and Julia McLean. She lived in several towns in the northwest while she was growing up, including Coeur d'Alene. She graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1936 and attended Eastern Washington State College and Lewiston Normal College. Her first job after college was as a teacher at a one room school house located on East Point near Harrison.

In 1942 she married John Ayers of Grangeville, Idaho in Chicago where he attended medical school. While he served in the U.S. Army during the second world war, she worked for the Navy Department at its supply depot in Oakland, California. In 1947, they moved to Moscow, Idaho where they raised three sons. She divorced in 1975 and moved to Spokane where she met Clarence Ogle, marrying him in 1976. They resided in Spokane and then Coronado, California where he died in 2000. She continued to reside in Coronado for several years and then moved to Coeur d'Alene.

She was predeceased by her sisters Jo Dawson, Jean Leach, Laurel Campbell and brother John McLean. Her son Brian died in 2013. She is survived by her sons Stephen Ayers (Mary) of Coeur d'Alene; Jack Ayers (Jane) of Buckeye, Arizona and Sunriver, Oregon; step children Stephen Ogle, David Ogle, and Nancy Green all of Spokane, and Marsha Simmons (Jim) of Port Angeles, Washington; grandchildren John Ayers of Vancouver, Washington; James Ayers (Martine) of Portland, Oregon; Douglas Ayers of Honolulu; David Ayers (Kate) of Anchorage; Corey Humble of Dallas; David Humble of Miami; Tara Ogle of Alexandra, Virginia; and Aaron Ogle (Megan) of Post Falls; great grandchildren Henry and Adeline Ayers of Portland, and Caleb and Rylee Ogle of Post Falls.

Marcia's recreational pursuits included golf, bridge, and mahjong. In her later life she enjoyed playing cards and the social gatherings with her many friends at the Coeur d'Alene North Condominiums. She will be remembered as a gracious, loving woman.