Marjorie Ruscoe Lotz

Margie Lotz passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Passages Hospice on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve. Bestowed the moniker “Gram” by her eldest grandson Michael, she was a spirited woman who loved nothing more than sharing meals, games, and drinks with family and friends. Her warmth, energy, and love of life were irresistible. Proffering a “cold one” and an invitation to Scrabble, rummy, dominoes, or some other competition, Gram turned these gatherings into festive affairs. She is survived by her daughters and their spouses, Liz Stine-Morrow and Dan Morrow, and Barb and Ken Covert; her grandchildren and their spouses, Michael Lawrence Lotz, Katie Beth and Tim Gilthorpe, Nathan and Kelsey Stine, and David Morrow; a great-granddaughter, Nora Mae Gilthorpe; and siblings, Herbert Calhoun Ruscoe Jr., Hettie Wall Ruscoe, Nancy Ruscoe Lawson, and Laura Stanford Wells. She is predeceased by her husband Lawrence; her parents, Herbert Calhoun and Annie Laurie Wall Ruscoe; and her brother, Ben Wiley Ruscoe. Friends and family are invited to the visitation on Monday, January 6, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., immediately followed by a service at Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 4747 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Metairie. Interment will take place at Greenwood Cemetery, 5190 Canal Blvd., New Orleans.