Tulloss

Marcia Louise Tulloss (Weigelt), age 93, passed peacefully on the afternoon of April 10, 2024, her earthly life complete. She had a generous and kind soul full of love, compassion and caring and spent much of her lifetime giving to those around her.

Marcia came into this world on Sept.

6, 1930, joining her brother, Loren, as the blessed and only daughter of Edna and Gus Weigelt. She grew up in Newport, Washington, where her family owned and operated a dry goods and grocery store. Winters were spent ice skating on local ponds, and summers were spent six miles away at Diamond Lake swimming and chasing butterflies, tadpoles, and dreams with her brother and their numerous cousins, all of whom she remained close to her entire life. She hosted an annual reunion/ potluck at the Diamond Lake cabin every Fourth of July for this ever-growing extended family with a large, impromptu family tree taped to the refrigerator so every generation could see where they fit in.

Marcia graduated from Newport High School in 1948 as valedictorian and from Washington State University in 1952 with honors and a degree in biology. She treasured her time at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and stayed close to many of her sorority sisters her whole life. She went on to get a

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