Esther Vernice Carmickle Marx

Esther Vernice Carmickle Marx, age 76, passed away April 26, 1996 from a long illness.

Born March 8, 1920 in Hardin County, Illinois, daughter of Cornelius and Mae McPherson Carmickle. Married Willard I. Sisco; later divorced. Married Joe Murphy; later divorced. Married Gerald Marx, later divorced.

Survived by sons, Willard and Eugene Sisco, Las Vegas, Nevada; daughter, Marie Sisco, West Valley City, Utah. Born 3rd child out of a family of 13; brothers, Seba, Francis, and Tandy Carmickle of Illinois; sister, Mary Schaeffer, Kentucky; proud grandmother of 17, great-grandmother of 25 and great-great-grandmother of two. Preceded in death by mother, father, daughter, Jean Sisco James, five brothers and three sisters, two grandsons, one granddaughter, one great- and one great-great-granddaughter.

Esther, a great woman of grace, with kindness and love, one that will be missed dearly by all.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, 2 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road, where friends may call Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., and Wednesday one hour prior to services. Entombment, Lake Hills Cemetery.

Source: The Desert News (Salt Lake City, UT) - April 28, 1996