- Date Of Birth: May 25, 1936
- Date Of Death: May 31, 2013
- State: Maine
Marcia Rogers Payson
May 25, 1936
May 31, 2013
SACO, Maine – Marcia Rogers Payson, 77, died peacefully on May 31,2013, surrounded by family at Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford following a courageous battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Marcia was born May 25,1936, in Cortland, N.Y., to the late Wilbur H. and Dorla Smith Rogers. She was a 1954 graduate of Cincinnatus High School and a 1958 graduate of Cortland Teachers College (now SUNY Cortland). She was a remarkable elementary and middle school teacher, homemaker, healer, lecturer, Director of Religious Education, volunteer coordinator, caretaker, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and spouse. She had an infectious sense of humor, a keen intellect, an empathetic ear, a warm countenance and a justice-seeking spirit.
She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Robert E. Payson, and brother Wilbur C. Rogers. She leaves behind her beloved partner Nancy Cunningham of Saco; sons Rev.
