Marcia's Obituary

Marcia Lynn Oden McNulty

Marcia Lynn Oden was born on December 20, 1946 to Chester and Effie Oden who relocated here from Vermilion South Dakota. She grew up in what is now the city of Shoreline and graduated from Shoreline High School in 1965. Marcia married Patrick J. McNulty on October 20, 1966 and they began married life in a little house in Shoreline. They had two daughters ~ Tina Maria and Shawna Renee. In October 1973 they built their current home in what is now Lake Forest Park. Marcia worked for King County for 26 years and retired from the Rivers Division in 2002. Over the years she also gave home selling parties for various products primarily Tupperware, especially anything involving people and parties. She attended the same ceramics group for over 30 years.

She and Pat were foster parents for 5 girls while they raised their own and their last “extra” daughter, Linda Brush, is a permanent family member. Marcia was the team mom for the two soccer teams that Pat coached – Emerald City Select Doll-Fins and Team Score. Many of those girls remain close to Marcia and her family to this day and think of them as extended family. She was active in Greyhound rescue and is now rejoined with Jake the greyhound, the world's most perfect dog, Maltie, her best little dog ever, and many other beloved pets over the years.

Marcia loved to travel and took more trips over the years than we can count. In her last years she was a cruise travel agent and she traveled or took cruises to such places as Norway and Denmark (to discover her roots), the Caribbean several times, Hawaii, Alaska, the Panama Canal, Mexico, the Mediterranean, Italy, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, and a Queen Elizabeth II cruise from Europe to New York. She also traveled extensively in the US, most notably to the Disney sites and 12 annual Las Vegas trips.

In the last several years Marcia and Pat worked together to run their two Doll-Fin Day Care Centers in Everett and her pride and joy store The Scrapbook Pad in Shoreline. She was a total people person and a great cook. She loved parties and any and everything having to do with them. She would seize upon any occasion for a party. For that reason, and at her request there will be no funeral service, as she didn't want any sadness surrounding her passing. Instead there will be, of course, a party!

This Celebration of Marcia’s Life will be on Sunday April 25th at the Lynnwood Elks at 6620 196th Street SW Lynnwood between 2:00 and 8:00 pm. This will be a Caribbean themed open house, come anytime. And please wear colorful clothing, nothing somber.

Marcia was predeceased by her parent Chester and Effie Oden and brother-in-law Jerry Knutson. She is survived by her husband Pat, daughters Tina Marie Oestreich her husband Jeff and Shawna Renee Burnett and her husband Chris and grandchildren Brianna and Justin Oestreich and Alexa and Cameron Burnett. She is also survived by foster daughter Linda Brush, sister Joanne Knutson and her children and brother Ted Oden his wife Linda and their children. She is also survived by literally hundreds of family, friends, co-workers, soccer kids, and people she met over the years.