Marcella Annetta Collins Jensen Harrison, 88
Marcella "Marcy" Harrison, 88, Libby's "Lady with the Pink Hair, like the eagles has flown" on July 7, 2008. She was born on May 8, 1920, in Kalispell.
She moved often with her parents, Grover and Olga Collins, and brothers, Oscar, Ellsworth and Rudy, and sister, Genevieve. In 1926 the family moved to Grangeville, Idaho, where Marcy attended first grade. From there, they moved to Missoula, Billings and to the family homestead in Browns Meadow. Once again the family moved to Missoula, where she attended grade school and high school.
In 1936, she married James Haviland Jensen. They were divorced and in 1946, she married Floyd Neil Harrison of Missoula and the Bitterroot.
While raising a family, Marcy worked as a meat wrapper for the Stop 'N Shop and Super Save stores. In 1959, she attended Derby Beauty College in Missoula and graduated in 1960. That same year, Marcy moved to Libby where her husband, Floyd, managed Johnie's Auto Parts and she opened her own beauty shop, called Marcy's Beauty Shop.
Marcy was active in various school groups and organizations in Libby. She was a past president of the American Legion Auxiliary, a charter member of the Eagles Lodge, and organized the Elks Ladies, serving several years as president and contributing many years of service to the Elks Lodge. She also performed volunteer work for the Libby community. Marcy was a member of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Missoula.
Marcy was preceded in death by her parents, Grover and Olga Collins; three brothers, Orville, Arthur Ellsworth and Oscar Collins; a sister, Genevieve Wilhelm; two granddaughters, Marcy Lee Beck and Celina Harrison; and her husband, Floyd Neil Harrison, in 1978.
She is survived by her daughter, Marcia Jensen-Middlebrook, and favorite only son-in-law, Jack, of Missoula; son, James Collins Jensen, and wife, Jan, of Royal, Ark.; son, Gregory DeLoss Harrison, of Libby; and son, Randy Grover Harrison, and wife, Jan, of Rio Verde, Ariz. Marcy is also survived by a brother, Rudolph Ross "Rudy" Collins, and wife, Grace, of Leavenworth, Wash.; granddaughter, Shawna Beck Sullivan, and husband, James, and great-grandson, James Walker Beck Sullivan, of Braintree, Mass.; granddaughter, Riki Lyn Beck, of Missoula; grandson, Jay Grant William Miller, and wife, Kay, of Bozeman; granddaughter, Catina Lee Harrison, and great-grandson, Skylar, of Boise, Idaho; granddaughter, Chandra Marcella Harrison, of Rio Verde; granddaughter, Jessica Lee, and great-grandson, Kaleb Lee, of Kent, Wash.; and by several cousins, nieces and nephews.
A celebration in memoriam will be held at a later time. Cremation has occurred and interment will be in the Collins family plot at the C.E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell.
Special thanks to Dr. Cameron Gardner and all of the staff at St. John's Lutheran Hospital for care during Marcy's brief period of hospitalization.
The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to St. John's Lutheran Hospital, 350 Louisiana Ave., Libby, MT 59923.