Marcia Bishop

Marcia Hewitt Bishop of Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, aged 77 years, 6 days died March 31 following a brief illness. Born and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, she received her BA in history from the University of Oklahoma graduating Phi Beta Kappa. While there, she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta, serving as president her senior year. Following graduation, she began her first of many years of teaching. In 1964 she married Dwight Edward Bishop, also of Bartlesville. They moved and worked for the next few years in Maine and Massachusetts before moving to Colorado. There she resumed her education and first received her MBA and then her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Denver. In 1998, her husband Dwight predeceased her, and following her retirement, she began to travel extensively pursuing her love of history, ballet, music, theatre, and animals. She saw the polar bears in Manitoba, the grizzlies in British Columbia, the cranes in Nebraska, the Monarchs in Mexico, made multiple trips to Africa, and sought whales wherever they swam. She attended competitions of dance, piano, and the Westminster Dog Show. She combined visits to her nieces, Chris and Katherine in New York and Minnesota with visits to museums and productions in those cities. When her nephew Michael was living in Dubai, she considered taking a tour there, but he insisted she come alone and the two of them toured the United Arab Emirates and Oman for a week. Numerous friends joined her when she traveled, but she was never fearful of going alone if something was of interest. Her curiosity and love of learning never waned. She was a “lifelong learner” at the University of Denver. She holds the honor of completing more of their classes than anyone who has participated in the program. She is survived by her little Yorkshire terriers, Beau and Bella, and her loving brother Michael Hewitt of New Hampshire whose weekly letters and phone calls to her kept them close despite living a distance apart. In addition, she leaves behind her sister-in-law Patty Mac, and their children Chris and Tom Whitford, Zach, Toby and Zoe, Katherine and Sebastian Cherian, Sophia, Eloise and Sebastian, and Michael Hewitt, Karen Sample and their children Ellis and Willem. She leaves behind the Dr. David Bishop family, Anna Marie, and their four children Carolyn, Tim, Diane, Bill and their families. In addition, she is survived by an aunt, Phyllis Stobaugh, numerous cousins, and armloads of friends. A memorial service and burial will be held at a future date in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. For those wishing to make a donation in her memory, please consider the MaxFund, an animal adoption center at 1025 Galapago Street, Denver, Colorado, 80204.