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Marsha Mathews Obituary

MARSHA LYNN MATHEWS WANATAH, IN FORMERLY OF HAMMOND Marsha Lynn Mathews, age 38 of Wanatah, IN, formerly of Hammond, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012. Survived by loving parents: James and Sara Mathews; six sisters: Glenda (T.J.) Sizemore of Lowell, Chyral (James) Smith of Wanatah, Rita (Terry) McKinney of Katey, TX, Tammy (Nick) Papalambros of Hammond, JoEllen (Chris) Marcinek of Lowell and DeEllen (Michael) Shope of Lowell; two brothers: Dwayne (Louisa) Mathews of Valparaiso and Michael (Nita) Mathews of Wanatah; and numerous nieces and nephews. Marsha was a graduate of George Rogers Clark High School, Class of 1992. Funeral services will be held at Burns-Kish Funeral Home, 5840 Hohman Ave., Hammond on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation on Tuesday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. Burial at Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville. She will be dearly missed by her loving family and many friends. www.burnsfuneral.com

Published by The Times on Nov. 5, 2012.
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Happy birthday !!Marsha !love always-mike

Michael Castillo

Significant_other

March 17, 2021

Still think of you always!!! Love Mike

Michael Castillo

Significant_other

February 16, 2018

Happy Halloween !! Sis ! love @ miss You !! Halloween was your favorite !! so enjoy it in Heaven Today will be thinking of you .

October 31, 2014

its me again , paid a visit today .
Love and Miss you !!

sister smiley

April 10, 2014

Hey sis, miss so much !!!

sister sister

March 28, 2014

Happy Birthday Sis !!

March 17, 2014

Well... Sis I miss You.. U must be kicking up some kind of storm up there ? Worse winter ever.ha ha Your Birthday in a few Days .. we will be There Storm or Not. LOVE YOU SIS !!!

sister sister

March 12, 2014

LOVE YOU SIS !!!!

sister sister

February 27, 2014

haha birthdays arent the same anymore. Its ok i know if they had service up there youd tell us all about it:) I text your number all the time haha i love you Aunt Marsha

Bird

February 11, 2014

Hey sis . missing u today !! love u .crazy winter out here , snowing like crazy !!! ur Birthday coming up, I know your resting , but I miss you so much ,dad mom do too... 2/4/14.

Tammy Smiley

February 4, 2014

Well ,sis I know u know its my Birthday today! didn't get that text today ,I know your resting up there with all them sweet angels ,love and miss you so much....
1/11/14

Tammy Smiley

January 11, 2014

Thinking about you today sis !!! I miss you !! wished I could have you back !!

sister sister

December 31, 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! SIS LOVE MISS U SO MUCH !! 1/1/14

Tammy Smiley

December 31, 2013

Merry Christmas Mush...Missing you like crazy. The holidays aren't the same without you. Old traditions seem lost and it's hard to start new ones without you here to share them. I try to greet the day with smile and whisper a little hello and end the day with a little prayer for me and you. Imagining how happy you are and how the Angels sing you to sleep... As long as I can remember you'll never be forgotten.. Sending Love and Hugs

De Shope

December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas ! sis ,missing you today and everyday ! love you.... MERRY CHRISTMAS 12/25/13 ....

Tammy Smiley

December 25, 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS SIS !!! I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH .I BOUGHT A HOUSE IKNOW YOU WOULD BE LAUGHING ABOUT THE COWS IN THE BACK YARD .I DO MISS YOU 12 /24/13 LOVE YOU.

TAMMY SMILEY

December 24, 2013

I was thinking about you today and I was on my dad's Guest Book, and I looked yours up. So so many great memories of our childhood "dancing career"! You, Gabe and I would dance in the streets till night time! Miss you. xoxoxoxoxo

Roxanne Zabinski

December 23, 2013

sadden and missing u today @ everyday. love @ miss you ! 12/ 15/13

Tammy Smiley

December 15, 2013

HAPPY THANKSGIVING SIS ,SURE DO MISS YOU .. GOD BLESS YOU .. I LOVE YOU..

Tammy Smiley

November 27, 2013

When your look at me I look like nothing is bothering me but once you look away and I look at you a tear slowly comes rolling down my cheek and I whisper: I miss you....

Michael Mathews

November 13, 2013

Marsha, we miss your sparkling personality. Until we meet again.

Nita Yack

November 13, 2013

love and missing you...

Tammy Smiley

November 9, 2013

"I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you of which is love, truth, light, & peace. When I am in this place in me, and you are in this place in you, we are one.”

We all love you Aunt Marsha!

Tiffany Mathews

November 4, 2013

Love & miss you Aunt Marsha!

Tiffany Mathews

November 4, 2013

May The Lord... Watch Between You and Me...When We are absent one from the other... Genesis 31:49 ... Tammy. Marsha always sent me book markers all the time and this one I always keep in my bible , love miss you sis so much .Tammy.

November 3, 2013

Missing Link

A lover of poetry, A writer of rhyme...
Of comedy and tragedy...
That takes place over time...

A Majestic Family puzzle...
Two Grand cornerstones to start....
A missing piece, carries tears...
And is ripping us apart...

No cause for gifts or great celebrations..
We're surrounded by friends...
And long distant relations...

Many questions, without answers...
On our faces can be found...
A voice once familiar...
Is now silenced without sound....

The flowers now withering...
Our memories still lingering..
Of the loved one that we lost...
And the price in which it cost...

Our grievance that each bare...
Our burdens to share...
Our stories , our worries...
Shows each one of us care...

At rest now in Peace...
In the Heavens above...
Surrounded by others...
Each one of us LOVE...
In the arms of "Our Father"...
With his hands he did place...
A HALO AND WINGS...
As he looked into her face....

Loving and Missing you each and every day...Until we meet again...Sending you my love on the wings of angels...

Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered, and that my life is fleeting away. Psalm 39:4

I am here on earth for just a little while. Psalm 119:19

De Ellen Shope

November 2, 2013

Love and miss you sis. Thinking about you and all those smiles. Wish I could tell you that one last time. Until we meet again.

Terry "LT" Mckinney

November 2, 2013

we love and miss you always ,love you sis

November 2, 2013

baby sister love you and miss you each and every day,, wish i could just hear your voice and see your face ,,,i love you more than words can ever say,,,,,,

chyral smith

November 2, 2013

No words or poems can help describe how bad i miss you Aunt Mush. I know the lord put angels on this planet for a reason. Ours was someone who was always there and always found a way to make anyone feel better. I'll miss you laugh the most i could be in the worst of moods and hearing you laugh at me because it was most likely something stupid i was mad about made me feel so much better. I love you Aunt Marsha.

Birdie

November 2, 2013

Love and missing you. Nick Papalambros

November 2, 2013

Marsha, baby sister losing you has been the hardest thing ever in this life.Love and missing you greatly,Just knowing Jesus holds you now and I'll see you again one day in Heaven...Love from Texas Your big sister and nephew

November 2, 2013

Marsha..
Its been a year sis and its not any easier then it was when you left..We had so much more life to live and share but i know ur always with me where ever i go..I miss you so much i'd give anything to hear ur voice or ur laugh just one more time..You were my everything sis and no one will ever take ur place in my heart..I know ur in a better place and you dont hurt anymore..Ive gained a beautiful angel to watch over me and my boys and im glad its you..So fly high sis and know i love and miss you more with each passing day..Till i see you again sis <3

Brandy

November 2, 2013

Love you all to

November 2, 2013

Marsha

Memories of you come to mind...
Thousands flash before me..
None are hard to find..

My heart is open wide..
My eyes tightly closed...
I'm searching for the newest ones...
But few I will oppose...

Thoughts of happy ever after...
Smiling faces, No pain or sorrow...
Just laughter...

You Missing out is killing me...
Missing you terrifies me...

The loss is GREAT none can compare..
Not having you here to love and share..

Your name in stone it breaks my heart..
I always thought you'd be here...
And we'd never ever part...

But you're gone almost a year...
And the thought of that..
Makes my eyes fill with tears...

If I could have one day..
One second..one hour..one minute...
I would tell you 'I LOVE YOU'...
And show you that 'I MEANT IT'...

I see you everywhere I look..
In the sound of the wind...
In the trickle of the brook...

Softly stirring...making little sound..
But I hear your voice..
And I look around....

Hoping to see that smiling face...
but forever it's gone...
All remains is a trace...

Loving and Missing you every second every day....Until we meet again...
Hugs and Kisses I send...

Love you.... DeEllen

November 2, 2013

Mom & Dad is missing you like crazy . somedays I just don't know? but they loved you !! MOM& DAD.

November 2, 2013

Marsha, We miss your face, that big bright smile. You always had it....We will see it again some day! Love, Camilo & Judy Garza

Judy Garza

November 2, 2013

Marsha, we miss and think of you every day. Just the thought of your quirky personality puts a smile on our face. Its funny you don't know how much you love something until you lose it.

Nita Yack

November 2, 2013

I keep waiting for a text from you on all the holidays..... I miss you more then you will ever know....

Gwen Brous

November 2, 2013

love sis .love your sis

November 1, 2013

mom dad are missing you like crazy love miss you mom & dad . until they see you again . love you mom & dad

November 1, 2013

tomorrow is your first year in heaven loving and missing you 11/2/2012 love sis Tammy

November 1, 2013

Well babe today is your favorites holiday of all.........it just doesn't feel right without you here to share in all the kids trick or treating......love & missing you like crazy......until I see u again.....?? HAPPY HALLOWEEN ??.

Jo

October 31, 2013

missing you.

October 23, 2013

missing my sister each & everyday ,love you sis.

October 23, 2013

it will be almost one year ,that my sister passed away ,loving her missing her each and everyday,love you sis.

October 23, 2013

We miss you Marsha. Never forgotten..

Jimmy Smith

March 20, 2013

The Mathews Family would like to thank everyone who sent thoughts and comfort to Marsha's Family in our time of loss..We appreciate it all very much thank you..

Brandy Potts

March 19, 2013

I would like to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers Mathews familey

March 19, 2013

iwould like to thank everyone for there thoughts and prayers at difficult time nothing will every be the same thank u Mathews familey

March 19, 2013

happy birthday missing u

marsha mathews

March 17, 2013

love and missing u love always ur sis

marsha mathews

March 13, 2013

There is no words that I can say that will comfort you in this time, know that I am thinking of you all at this time and pray for strength in each other to get you through this difficult time.

Brenda (Davis) Veen

November 7, 2012

Dear the Mathews Family,
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Marsha. We were friends in middle/high school. You are all in my thoughts & my prayers.She is an angel now watching over your family. Always remember the great times you had with her & that will help you get through your day.

Cindy (Roe) Rackouski

November 6, 2012

My family and I are sorry too hear this terrible terrible news.My heart breaks for you and your family. God bless you all

Jeffery DiNovo

November 6, 2012

RIP Marsha. Sending My love, hugs, and sympathy from the bottom of my heart. Distance over the years will never let me forget all our memories growing up.

Bobby & Tony Weaver

November 6, 2012

Buddy my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

sherri atkinson (Martens)

November 5, 2012

Gwen and entire Mathews Family,

Deepest sympathy to all of your during this difficult time. My prayers are with all of you.

I have so many memories of being at the house with all of you and growing up with Gwen & Marsha. May you keep all of your memories of Marsha close to your heart.

Love, Lisa & Scott Hrabovsky (Merry) and Alexis

November 5, 2012

Mathews Family,
I was saddened to hear the news of Marsha's passing. I have so many great memories of us growing up. May God bless you all and give your strength in your time of sorrow.

Sylvia Gomez-Sanchez

November 5, 2012

Marsha, I knew you since I was 5 months old. We grew up together. You moved into my childhood home as an adult and my daughters both went swimming in your pool. You always managed to drag me into something and I have amazing memories of us growing up. I will miss you so much. Besides family, I don't have more history with anyone. I'm devestated right now. I'm about to be a grandma. I am never gonna be able to share that with you. I'm devestated. I will never forget you & I will see you again. I love ya sis. :(

Laura Adams Minko

November 5, 2012

To the Family and Friends of Marsha Mathews, Your in my thought's, My heart, And my Prayers, Sorry for your Loss, I remember when she was a little girl the Family would come in where I worked at Jim's Drive Inn she was a very sweet little girl, May the Angels walk with you today and always. C.C. / AKA Cindy Keel (Clark)

Cindy Keel

November 5, 2012

Marsha, You were like an Aunt to me.. You will be missed sooo bad.. I love you.. Fly high with the rest of my Angels..

Jimmy Smith

November 5, 2012

Such a tragic loss. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.

Shannon Carter

November 5, 2012

My heart breaks for your family. You will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers as you learn to live a new life without Marsha. She and I went to Middle School and High School together. She was always very friendly and happy.

Lisa George

November 5, 2012

Thought and prayers are with you. I'm sorry for your loss.

sharon proud

November 5, 2012

Family of Marsha Mathews:
My deepest apologies to your entire family during this time. Though no words or actions can wipe the pain of losing a loved one away, please take comfort in knowing your family is in my thoughts and prayers. I will forever hold dear the fond memory of Marsha's contagious smile and out going personality! Keeping you all in prayer for strength, guidance and support of family and friends.

Blanca Acevez

November 5, 2012

IM SO SORRY,MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU ALL.

TRACIE WEAVER

November 5, 2012

Mr & Mrs. Mathews/Family
There are no words to express how hearing this makes me feel. I remember all the great times Marsha and I had on Wilcox. Please know I'm thinking of all of you and keeping you in my prayers. I will forever remember our great childhood memories,her love for dancing, and her great sense of humor. My condolences to all.

Rachel Gomez-Steliga

November 5, 2012

My condolences to the Mathews family , very sorry for your loss , you all are in my prayers.

shane O'Bannon

November 4, 2012

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