Marcia Whisler

Obituary of Marcia (Newbert) Whistler
October 1, 1985
Boston Globe

Marcia (Newbert) Whisler, 32, of Marion, a physical therapist for the handicapped, died of leukemia Saturday in New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston.

Born in Newton, she graduated from Needham High School in 1971 and received her bachelor of science degree from Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y.

Mrs. Whisler, a registered physical therapist, was associated with the Massachusetts Hospital School, and had recently worked with the handicapped at the Schwartz Rehabilitation Center in New Bedford.

She had left there 14 months ago because of pregnancy and could not return because of her illness.

She leaves her husband, S. Doug Whisler; two sons, Timothy and Jeffrey; her mother, Jean Newbert of Needham; three brothers, Robert L. Newbert Jr. of Bristol, R .I., Chris Newbert of Hawaii and Mark Newbert of Brookline; a sister, Monica Nolan of North Easton, and her grandparents, George and Gertrude Dowd of Osterville.

A funeral Mass will be said in St. Bartholomew's Church, Needham, at 10 a.m. today. Burial will be private.