Marcia Cogburn

­Marcia Karen (Ewald) Cogburn was born Feb. 25, 1947, in North Platte, Nebraska. She died and left this life on Oct. 16, 2020, at her home in Holyoke, with her husband Steve by her side.

Marcia began her life with her twin sister Martha in Dickens, Nebraska. Her father Henry Ewald and mother Hazel (Smith) Ewald moved them from Dickens to Stoneham when they were small.

Henry worked for Burlington Northern Railroad, so their lives were interesting, to say the least. She told stories of living in a boxcar in Stoneham for a time while her father worked the railroad.

Marcia and her sister Martha started grade school in New Raymer and never missed a Sunday at First Baptist Church in Sterling unless the weather prevented them from driving that far — then they would still go to services in Stoneham.

She told many stories of she and her sister catching lizards and turning them loose on people’s porches (or in their houses) and riding bicycles down the cow trail to the pond or wandering down the bar ditch with their red wagon.

Marcia was diagnosed with polio when she was a baby but never let it hold her back. She started walking when they said she could not and continued to strive even when the curvature of her spine said she should not.

The memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Holyoke, with Pastor Rick Reitz officiating.

Baucke Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.