Marcia E. Foilb

FOILB, Marcia E. – of Burlington, formerly of Boston, entered into rest on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at the age of 67. Beloved wife of 41 years to Isaac Kot. Loving sister of Sharon Sweet of CT. Devoted niece of Adelaide Foilb of Philadelphia, PA. Beloved cousin of many. Dear daughter of the late Samuel and Bernice (Pitchel) Foilb. A funeral service for Marcia will be held at Stanetsky Memorial Chapels, 475 Washington Street, CANTON on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Memorial Observance will be held at the 300 Trade Center, Room 4780, Woburn, MA following the interment on Wednesday until 8 PM. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Marcia’s memory to American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants, 391 Boylston Street, Brookline, MA 02445 .For more information or to register in the online guestbook, please visit www.stanetskybrookline.com.

Husband's Eulogy Below ~

Marcia Ellen Foilb

“Marcy”

06/05/1957 to 10/13/2024

Many of you know that Marcy and I have been together for a long time. Today October 16, would have been our 41st anniversary. I know that some of those here were at our Wedding on October 16, 1983. However, we met 52 years ago when I was 17 and Marcy was 15. Being the accountant, I figured it out, Marcy spent almost 78% of her life with me and it was slightly less for me, 75.5%.

How we met was strange, my mother was in the hospital waiting for back surgery. When the nurses weren’t busy they would speak to my mom to distract her about her upcoming surgery. When busy, the nurses sent other patients to talk to my mother. One of those patients was Marcy’s father. Marcy’s mother frequently found her husband talking to my mother. While at the hospital I met Marcy’s sister and she said I should meet her sister Marcy, which I did. At the time, Marcy was in the 10th grade and I had just started my 1st year of college. I thought she was pretty, but at the time we were both dating other people. The strange thing is that while she was dating the other guy, occasionally, she would come into down-town Boston, she would stop in my father’s store in the subway station and ask for me. It was usually Saturday, the only day I didn’t work in the store or a day when school was out. When I would show up for work the following Monday, the employee would say that a pretty young girl came here looking for you.

After I broke up with my girlfriend, I decided to call Marcy. I got her phone number in the phonebook. There was a separate line for the children. 2 girls, I tried calling every 15 minutes for 2.5 hours. It was constantly busy. I finally decided to call the parents’ line. Marcy’s mother answered and when I asked for Marcy, she wanted to give me the other number to call. After explaining that the phone has been busy for 2.5 hours. She called Marcy and said she had a phone call. I could hear Marcy asked her mother who was on the phone, her mother said Isaac and plain as day, I heard Marcy say “Isaac Who?” Guess how I felt. She then said have him call me in 15 minutes. I called her asked her out, she was sick and said call next week. The next week, I got the same, sick call me next week. I was wondering what’s going on. The next week, as I was getting ready to call, I thought, if she tries to postpone again that’s the last time I’ll call. I remember thinking baseball “3 strikes and you’re out”. Luckily, she said yes to the date which was on November 16, 1973 and it’s been true love, friendship and she was “the one” my “Bashert” as we say in Yiddish my destiny or soulmate. There were times we were in sync that we said the same thing at the same time.

Marcy, I miss you, but I’m glad you are no longer suffering.