In Loving Memory Of

Marie Worthy

Sunrise: October 30, 1948
Sunset: June 20, 2024

Our beloved Marie Worthy passed away peacefully on June 20, 2024. She was a 6-time cancer survivor.

Marie was born in Elberton, Ga, where she lived for 11 years and spent the rest of her life in Akron, Ohio. She retired from Summa Health Systems after 36 years of employment. After retirement she worked at United Disability Services for 5 years. She also traveled frequently with her husband to their second home in Alabama.

She married the love of her life, Woodrow Worthy on January 22, 1972, at her mother’s first church, Missionary Temple, on Case Avenue. They both had a love of dogs. She enjoyed grooming the dogs and they were number 4 and 5 in the nation for dog breeding. She enjoyed cooking and loved organic foods from the Amish Country. Marie and her husband always opened their home to their family, and she truly loved both her Worthy and McIntosh families.

Marie is preceded in death by her parents, Sylman and Annie Ruth McIntosh; sisters, Merlie Jones and Donna Renee Sherman.

She is survived by her husband, Woodrow Worthy; sisters, Maryann Miller, Carrie (Michael) Hood, Dorothy (Douglas) Sims and Jennifer (James) Wimbley; stepchildren, Rodny and Xavier, and 6 grandchildren; sister-in-law, Glenda, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Friends may call on Monday, July 1, 2024, from 11:00 am until 12:00 noon at Sommerville Funeral Services, 1695 Diagonal Rd. Akron, Oh 44320. Funeral service will immediately follow. Interment Glendale Cemetery.

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