Marsha Hayes

1937 - 2025

March 28, 1937 - March 30, 2025 Marsha Jane Housel Hayes, age 88, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, died on March 30, 2025.

Marsha was born on March 28, 1937 to the late Dale and Kathrine (Marsh) Housel in Greenwich, Connecticut. She was the oldest of five children. Her family moved often as their father was a civilian flight instructor for the Army Air Corps. She lived in Connecticut, California, Mississippi, Texas and Wisconsin.

She graduated from high school in Mission, Texas and earned a bachelor's degree from Pan American College in Edinburg, Texas. She was a teacher for over 40 years, teaching primarily junior high school students Art and Science.

On January 19, 1957 in Edinburg, Texas, Marsha and Roy Hayes were married by Roy's best friend and basketball teammate, Douglas Brown.

Marsha supported her husband, a high school coach, by attending all of his sporting events and keeping statistics for his basketball teams. She was a silhouette artist as was her mother and three sisters. She enjoyed art and nature. She was a member of Texas Classroom Teachers Association, Texas Retired Teachers Association, and the Guild of American Papercutters.

Marsha is survived by her daughters, Linda (Arthur) Jung and Joyce (Michael) Wade; grandchildren, Jamie Wilke, Aaron (Savannah) Jung, Davis Wade, and Kathrine Wade; great-grandchildren, Bane and Corter Wilke, and Tatum and Olleigh Jung. She is further survived by siblings, Nancy Housel, Judy Isban, and Kathie Bogue.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Roy Hayes; parents, Dale and Kathrine Housel; and brother, Peter Housel.

Private family services including burial will occur in Greenwood Cemetery in Fredericksburg, TX.