Marcia Marie Bingaman

Marcia Marie Bingaman, 78, peacefully left this earth surrounded by those she loved on Oct. 6, 2024.

Our Wonderful Mother. We have now been tasked with the heartbreaking assignment of writing her obituary. We cannot think of a tribute less fitting to the wonderfully vivacious woman she was than the typical laundry list of facts that usually gets printed. So, in honor of the amazing spirit and sometimes inappropriate attitude of Marcia Bingaman, here is how it was, in no particular order; She was funny and kind. She was a talker! She could and would strike up a conversation with anyone anywhere. She was raised at the “Southern Inn" bar (maybe that’s where she got her gift to gab?) and all the local patrons called her “Cherrie Pie" as a child and well into her adulthood. She could cuss someone out with a blue streak if they deserved it and would never hesitate to help anyone if they needed it. She was a nurturer and took in strays over the years, both pets and people. She was a Libra. She loved the color red, blue… not so much. Desserts were always a “yes". Cocktails were always a “no". She had regrets and triumphs. She was married…then not. She was a single mom who worked hard and raised her girls, Stacy and Kay, to be strong like her and she was by far the strongest person we have ever known. She was a fun mom that danced us around the living room and reminded us to treat yourself from time to time, the bills could wait! She adored her grandchildren Amelia, Claire and Seth and they adored their “Grandma T. T.” She became allergic to everything at the age of 40. She never smoked, yet, endured many years of chronic lung disease. She hated being sick. She found joy by surrounding herself with family,  friends and laughter. Most of her friends were lifelong . She hated how many she had lost in recent years. She became a sister for the first time at age 15, she was suited for it and was always a great big sister to Ron. She liked to joke around. She worked for community mental health for a bit and would joke “it was like the blind leading the blind.” Once her mind was made up there was no changing it. She once took a job to drive a big industrial truck that she had no idea how to drive, so she had a friend teach her over the weekend and she showed up and did the damn job and kept it for years! She loved the Detroit Tigers. She didn’t like the water and never learned to swim, yet there were many summer days spent at the lake with her girls. She always remembered everyone’s birthday and always attended everyone’s funeral. She always voted!  She was stubborn to the core which of course was the very reason we had her for as long as we did despite her illness, and we are luckier for it. She believed that you would see your loved ones in the afterlife and for her sake we hope she is right. We have no doubt that her first stop will be with her mom and dad, Dorothy & Fred, to catch them up on everything they have missed. Then onward to find all of the friends she was so badly missing to gab with for eternity. Nothing would make her happier.

There is no measure for the sorrow we feel without her, yet we are so glad she is finally free from her illness.

Her chapter here on earth, September 30th, 1946 – October 6th, 2024, is finished, but she will live on in all of us that loved her.

A service will be held Oct. 26th, 2024, at Temple Baptist Church, Wilbur Rd. Three Rivers, MI @ 2 pm. There will be a dinner after the service at the church, please join us in celebrating Marcia.

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