Marsha Ann Durfee Lockwood

1942 - 2017

Marsha Ann Durfee

Lockwood

Hendersonville - Marsha Ann Durfee Lockwood, passed away April 27, 2017, in Hendersonville, NC after a long struggle with cancer. Marsha was born in Perry, New York, to the late Elizabeth and Francis Durfee on September 29, 1942.

Marsha was a graduate of the University of New York at Albany and held a Master's Degree in Library Science from Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX. She began her career as a librarian in St. Petersburg, FL and later worked for the Department of Defense on Midway Island and in Yokohama, Japan. While living in Alaska in 1980, she worked for Alyeska Pipeline Co. Marsha was a librarian for Dallas Public Library in Dallas, TX for 24 years. She was also a librarian for Buncombe County Public Library, Asheville, NC for 10 years, retiring from the Skyland/South Buncombe Branch Library in 2008.

An avid reader and traveler, Marsha enjoyed trips throughout the United States as well as to Canada, the Far East and Europe. After moving to North Carolina in 1997 she and her husband made numerous trips concentrating on the National Parks and to complete her wish to visit every state in the US.

Marsha is predeceased by her husband, Evan Mahaney, who died in 2004 in Asheville, NC, and her sister, Sonya Torrens who died in 2015. She is survived by her nephew and his wife, Kevin and Sharon Torrens of Poughquag, NY, cousins Linda Cipolla of Plant City, FL, Gary Preen of Perry, NY and Gerald Plucker of Ocala, FL. She will be missed by her many friends in Texas, Florida and North Carolina. Marsha requests no service but for her friends to gather wherever they are, remember the good times and eat dessert!

Memorials may be made to the Friends of the Skyland/South Buncombe Library, 260 Overlook Rd., Asheville, NC 28803 and Metavivor Research and Support Inc., 1783 Forest Dr. #184, Annapolis, MD 21401 or at www.metavivor.org.