She is survived by her husband Thomas Stanton; son Scott Henkels of Hanover, NH; daughter Jaime Henkels Robinson and husband Scott and granddaughters Megan and Brooke of Pineville; sister Deanne Siracki and husband Jerry of Parkman, OH, brother David Lucht and wife Sue Baker of Shrewsbury, MA, and step-son Alex Stanton and wife Bonnie of Cleveland Heights, OH.
Daughter of Henry and Janice Lucht, Marcia graduated from Cardinal High School, Middlefield, OH in 1968. She attended Kent State University during a tumultuous time of national anti-war protests. She left and never returned to the campus after the Ohio National Guard killed four fellow KSU students and wounded nine in 1970.
During her adult years she was known as the “go-to lady” at the First United Methodist Church of Middlefield where she ably served for 30 years as the Church Administrative Assistant. Her father, “Hank,” served as the part-time custodian at the same church. Like her Dad, Marcia loved the church; and she could do any task and do it well. She was a long-time resident in nearby Burton, OH where she and her former husband Gery Henkels raised their children.
She was the loving mother of Jaime and Scott Henkels who attended Berkshire High School; she enjoyed all of their athletic and theatre activities at Berkshire. Marcia married Thomas Stanton in 1997. Over the course of their 21 happy years together, it became clear the two were made for each other. She also enjoyed the outdoors, gardening and watching birds at their birdfeeders. She was an avid fan of the Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians, win or lose.
In recent years, she enjoyed her annual “adult kid” weekends with Jaime and son Scott. She and Tom moved to Pineville only a few months ago to be near Jaime and their grandchildren and had begun attending Pineville United Methodist Church where she especially enjoyed the music. Tom became “Papa” to Megan and Brooke. Even while living in Ohio, they never missed a birthday. Marcia absolutely loved her Grandma relationship with those two girls; it was the happiest time of her life. Her smile and kind soul is greatly missed.
May God rest her soul.
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