- Date Of Birth: November 30, 1926
- Date Of Death: August 7, 2010
- State: Connecticut
Mrs. Marion Smithey Beckwith Mars, 83 years old, beloved wife of the late Charles D. Beckwith and Walter J. Mars, Jr. Marion went home with her Lord and Savior on Saturday August 7, 2010. Born in Brooklyn, NY on November 30, 1926, Marion was the daughter of the late Charles and Dorothy Hayes Smithey.
Survivors include her ten cherished children, Thomas Beckwith and his wife Joyce of Lake Mary, FL; Robert Mars of Milford; Walter J. Mars III and his wife Mary Ellen of Milford; Paul Beckwith and his wife Sarah of Milford; Carol Mancini and her husband Frank of Harrisburg, NC; Linda Whelan and her husband Joseph of Milford; Robyn Harrington and her husband Gerald of Milford; Jean Collins and her husband James of West Haven; Denise Charney and her husband Thomas of Concord, NC and Colleen Sardi and her husband Richard of Madison. Her sister, Delores Gouvert of Boca Raton, FL and a sister-in-law June Costello of Milford. Twenty beloved grandchildren; Laurie O’Keefe, Richard Whelan, Joshua Smith, Aaron, Brian and Thomas Beckwith Jr., Deborah Lawrence, Sarah Makinson, Melissa and Thomas Charney Jr., Rachel Harrington-Pavlo, Scott and Tracy Collins, Kathryn and Michael Mancini, Timothy and Eileen Mars, Kathleen Harrington and Shauna and Amanda Sardi; nine great grandchildren, as well her spiritually adopted daughter Lee Pendleton of Milford. .
