Marciel Ann Holmes

Marciel Ann (Michaliszyn) Holmes, 77, an Ephrata resident, died Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee after a year-long battle with aplastic anemia.

She was born April 16, 1934 in Odessa to Gus and Ida Schorzman and raised on the family wheat farm northeast of Marlin. She graduated from Marlin High School in 1951 and continued her education at Kinman Business University in Spokane.

Upon completion of her business degree she was employed by the Grant County Extension office and later became the Grant County Fair secretary. She raised six children with her first...