Marcia Bishop

Marcia (Randall) Bishop, 70, longtime social services director at The Pines, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in her grandmother's house in Burke Hollow on Aug. 26, 1944, the daughter of Gordon and Beulah (Percy) Randall. Her husband of 47 years, Carroll, passed away in 2007. Marcia worked at The Pines for 40 years. Her job was a very satisfying and giving position at The Pines. She loved to bowl and camp. She bowled in both the couples and women's leagues at Gold Crown Lanes, bowling in many national and local bowling tournaments. Marcia & Carroll enjoyed camping and traveled many places together with family & friends. For the past twenty years she especially loved being a seasonal at the Alpine Valley Campground in Concord, so much so that she chose to spend her last days there. She loved to read, oil paint and work in her flower gardens. She is survived by her three daughters: Wanda Aussiker and husband Chip of East Lyndon, Mary Marceau and husband Todd of Lyndonville, Teresa Poginy and husband Andy of East Lyndon; seven grandchildren and their spouses: Heidi and Pat Norton, Ralph 'C.J.' and Kim Aussiker, Holly and Kevin McKeon, Pete and Kristin Marceau, Tennyson Marceau, Jocelyn and Jeremy Bressette, and Zachary Poginy; 5 great-grandchildren: Aiden, Hayden, Mason, Alexis, and soon to be Morgan; one sister Pauline Randall Staves of Tupper Lake, New York; in-laws Marvin Bishop of Wilder, Gus and Sylvia Bishop of East Lyndon, and Shirley Brill also of East Lyndon; cousins, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents and husband, father and mother in-law Tennyson and Margaret Bishop, a brother Richard Randall, sisters Sandra Houghton and Sheryl Randall, in-laws Ted Staves, Art Houghton, Eunice Bishop and Nelson Brill. The family will observe their services privately, but you are welcome to join them for a celebration of Marcia's life on Saturday, May 30th from 3-5 pm at the VFW Hall on Hill Street in Lyndonville VT. Memorial contributions, marked for 'Resident Activity Fund', could be directed to 'The Pines, 601 Red Village Rd., Lyndonville VT 05851. Memories and condolences may be shared privately at www.guibordfh.com.