Marjorie Mary MacNaughton

Marjorie MacNaughton, 82, of Garden Grove, CA, passed away on September 14, 2017, after a battle with cancer.

Funeral services and reception will be held Friday, September 22, 2017 at 1:30pm, SeaCoast Grace Church, in the Ranch House. (building to the right of main church)

5100 W Cerritos Ave, Cypress, CA 90630

Phone: (714) 761-5100

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the cancer research fund of your choice.

Marjorie was born in Twillingate, Newfoundland on June 24, 1935, the youngest of seven children.

She was married to Garry MacNaughton on April 16,1960 in Sault Ste Marie Ontario. They moved to California with their family August 23, 1968, and were married 57 years.

Marjorie is survived by her Husband, Garry, Children: Ron MacNaughton (Kitty), Donna MacNaughton, Gail Simpson (Michael). Grandchildren: Kyle MacNaughton (Sarah), Kari Harmon (Luke), Audrey, Ryan, Ian, and Trevor Simpson, Lillian MacNaughton and AJ Stoker. Great-Grandchildren: Madeleine and Gordon MacNaughton (Kyle), By siblings: Gladys Gould, and James Cooper.

Marjorie is preceded in death by parents: Stewart and Gertrude Cooper and siblings: Dorothy Sheppard, George, Hayward, and Mark Cooper.

Marjorie worked as a bookkeeper for many years. She also loved supporting her children and grandchildren at sporting events including Softball, Highland Dancing, Bag Piping, Soccer, Football and school programs. She also volunteered with PTA, Softball, Girl Scouts, and many years with the British and Dominion Social Club.

This beautiful, amazing woman was many things: a wife, mother, grandma, great-grandma, sister, aunt and friend. Shortly after celebrating 20 years as a breast cancer survivor, at a fashion show in March 2017, she was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Through it all she continued to be a pillar of strength for our family. She taught us all to be strong no matter what our circumstances. She taught us what true loyalty is & showed us what it looks like to love unconditionally. She taught us to never give up and above all to love fiercely.

We now must learn how to live each day without her, sharing her gracious heart and loving smile with all who knew her. Together with her husband, they built a legacy of family, love, unwavering support, and giving beyond measure.

In our heartbreak we are strengthened to know she has gone to Heaven and will be rejoicing in her peace, forever.

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there, I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that blow:

I am the diamond glints on snow:

I am sunlight on ripened grain:

I am the gentle autumns rain.

When you awaken in the mornings hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft star that shines at night.

I am not there. I did not die.

2 Corinthians 5:6-8

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

MISS ME, BUT LET ME GO

“when I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set on me,

I want no tears or gloom-filled room

Why cry for a Soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long,

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love which we all shared,

Miss me- but let me go.

For this a journey we all must take

And each must go alone

It’s all part of the Master’s plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

See family and friends we know,

Take time to heal, tho’ we must part,

Miss me-but let me go.