Marcia Maxine Walls Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Marcia Maxine Walls, 89, of Cabot, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019, at Concordia at Cabot. She was born November 1, 1929 in Meridian, the daughter of the late Harry and Dorothy (Bortmas) Bloom. In the 1950s, she worked as a secretary for a local law firm, GMAC and Heckett Engineering. She and Wayne worked as partners in several family entrepreneurial ventures from the 1960s through the 1990s. Marcia was a deacon at Calvary United Presbyterian Church and later attended Gospel Fellowship Presbyterian Church in Valencia. She was a talented watercolor artist and was a long-time member of the Associated Artists of Butler County (AABC). Marcia’s work with the association was honored with the WQED VITA (Volunteers in the Arts) award in 2004. She was instrumental in the opening of the Butler Art Center on Main Street in 1990. This facility gives Butler community members a place to view the work of local artists and provides educational opportunities to students of all ages. Marcia also loved to garden, cook, sew and read. Surviving are her husband of 66 years, Wayne Walls, a son, Rhett (Jill) B. Walls of Butler; a daughter, Wendy (Ken) H. Fend of Loveland, Ohio; six grandchildren, Nathan, Lydia, Amelia and Justin Walls and Laura and Olivia Fend, two sisters, Mary Lou Sheldon of Butler and Harriet (Rolf) Amsler of Williamsburg, Virginia. Friends will be received at Young Funeral Home, Ltd., 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler, on Sunday, October 27, 2019, from 4-6PM and on Monday, October 28, 2019, from 10AM until the time of service at 11AM with Rev. Nick Protos officiating. Interment in the Butler County Memorial Park.

Marcia Maxine Walls

November 1, 1929 - October 25, 2019