Dear Family & Friends,

On what would have been Marie's 63rd Birthday, I spent the afternoon at her grave site and placed fresh flowers.

I will upload pictures of the improvements to the Lucas-MacGibbon family plot (private garden) and I expect further progress in the days immediately ahead.

We just received today (04/03/2015) final approval to finish the scheduled improvements to the family plot (private garden) and they include:

(1) Replacing the current square black gate with a custom green floral wrought iron gate at the entrance to the walled private family garden/plot with artistic designed floral arrangement in wrought iron;

(2) All nine (9) grave sites will be improved to included a sealed concrete vault at each of the nine (9) locations;

(3) All nine (9) headstones will be placed (Marie & Richard's will be engraved);

(4) The grass will be removed and replaced with 'Astro Turf' that we remain beautiful year-round;

(5) Additional red river rock will be placed around the perimeter of the family plot (private gated/private walled garden); and

(6) Additional rose plants will be added as they are Marie's favorite.

Dearest Friends & Relatives,

The Photo Album, Guest Book, Obituary, Biography and the entire www.MEM.com website content for Marie has been sponsored on the 1-year anniversary of her passing, by the Lucas-MacGibbon family.

It will remain in place in perpetuity (until the end of time), as will our memory of our beloved Marie.

Kind regards,
Rick D. Lucas

DEAREST MARIE...I MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU...THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT PASSES BY WHEN I DONT THINK OF YOU.. DEAREST SISTER..GO TO THE LIGHT HAND IN HAND WITH OUR SISTER IDA..I WILL ALWAYS MISS YOU..FROM MHELIT

Dear Rick,

I fully anticipated this outcome of Marie's cancer. Once I understood (not immediately revealed in your e-mails) the nature of her illness, I began a web search of survival rates and realized the odds were not to say the least in Marie's favor. I'm sure you both understood the odds and in spite of those odds you and Marie persevered in proving them wrong. As someone who lost both parents to cancers of a different nature, I can fully appreciate your pain. Losing your parents is one thing, but losing your soul-mate in life is quite another. I know from our time together in Bellevue, WA how much I envied the relationship you and Marie shared. Marie would confide with me her doubts in sublimating her career objectives to supporting you in your quest to pursue the opposing counsel in your divorce litigation to the ends of the earth in the pursuit of fairness in your divorce. Then there was the matter of your ruptured appendix during your last visit to Scottsdale. I have never known, nor will I ever know, a woman who had shown such unfailing love and devotion as she demonstrated in being by your side during your operation and recovery. It was no surprise to me that you would do no less for Marie in her time of travail.

I would like to remind you that the gift you speak of is only shared by relatively few people on this earth. Unfortunately, I've never been one of the few. If it wasn't for you and Marie, I might never have believed two people could be so happy and so compatible with each other, particularly in the face of what I observed during our time together (adversities that would have crushed lesser people, including myself).  I refer to the unfathomable time and energy it took you and Marie to fend off a predatory divorce lawyer and his client; the uncertainty of your job security and retirement benefits; where you and Marie would live and how you guys would get by day-to-day; your classes at Microsoft to become a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE); and so many other obstacles to your lives. I witnessed with profound respect and admiration as to how you both handled these immense challenges. It was with a profound sigh of relief that finally you and Marie had prevailed in re-establishing your lives. How incredibly unfair, after all you had been through, that God could possibly reign down such a fate on Marie is beyond my understanding.

The Obit/Bio/Pictures at your linked website could only have come from someone that wanted the world to know how truly exceptional your wife really was. I for one, in the course of our time together in Bellevue, WA, came to appreciate how similar the qualities of character expressed in the biography were to those of yours. It takes an exceptional person in an exceptional relationship to let others know without saying so, the depth of your loss by the depth and understanding expressed in her biography (much of which I knew and a lot I did not know). 

In closing, I must say that I perhaps am one of the few people you know in life that truly appreciates the profoundness of your love for Marie and as your friend truly empathize with your loss. Knowing what I know of Marie's character, she would have demanded that you not spend the rest of your time on this earth in steeped in remorse. I am certain that she found the ‘gift' of her relationship with you and how steadfast you stood by her side as much of a ‘gift' as you found in her. Gifts are not gifts if repayment is expected.

With all sincerity,
Vaughn

The prayer group in PRESBYTARIAN  church had been praying for you Marie and your sister Ila, BUT, I guess JESUS CHRIST HAS A BETTER PLACE FOR THEM IN HIS FATHERS KINGDOM!!! 
NOW both of you are pain free, For the families, we send our sincerest condolences.

Pastor Leslie
Woodbridge, NJ
07095

My Dearest Marie,

I never knew how empty this house was after your passing, until everyone had left and gone home. I never knew lonely, until then.

Through the darkness , I can see your light and you will always shine. 

I can feel your heart in mine; your face I have memorized. I idolize just you.

And in this cruel and lonely world, I found one love. You are watching over me from up above and you are my FOREVER LOVE.

And I believe, that love will live on and never die.

As my heart holds you, just one breath away; I cherish all you gave me and the wonderful person that you were, everyday.

You are my one and only, FOREVER LOVE.

I Miss You Soooo Much !   you're in my prayers , so is Ida. When I drive we used to talk on the cell phone until I get to where I go. When I walk my cocker spaniel axel by the Raritan bay (park ) by me I now don't have anyone to talk. I sobbed for two days after realizing this. I love u sis...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my SON-LAW RICK LUCAS for lovingly ,patiently taking care of my Marie . He side by side not only fought the battle with her, He was also the strength and God sent as well. If only I can go there I would give you my hug and kisses myself. You made Marie happy in your years together. You were a team. Mom Julie

My dear sister Marie was so selfless when it comes to her son. I salute her and her son, for they were a team in climbing the ladder. They kept the communication open while she traveled.He is the man  that he is now due to her making him independent at an early age of 12. He decided to follow the right track, whereas he could have had gone wayward for he has all the freedom.  Her PRIDE is her SON . As for me, I will surely miss her. We became like best of friends over the phone ,I told her she can call me even 3:00 am I will be there for most of her worries or fear . She was also there most of the time for me. she came to New Jersey when i had my surgery. I offered to come to LasVegas as well for her, but she said I will tell you when, not yet,maybe after her surgery which was supposedly be around January2013. But it never went that far. They found that it was already inoperable due to (ca) spread  already in the liver by April 2013. Oncologist still kept the usual schedule 2 weeks of chemo and  2weeks off for her to recuperate and rest.. We never lost HOPE, i told her on her weakest emotion,and fear, that GOD can overturn this.Then after three weeks that the oncologist gave her a break to rest.Around  May2013  Rick and Marie was going back for ct scan then chemo. after ct scan- the worst news anyone can dread to hear was slapped in our face . Her fear is handed to them. The cancer already spread in the stomach lining,intestines and gallbladder even with continuous chemo. As I type this, I am still in her house in Vegas. I light candles beside her picture and ,I talk to her but i was hoping she can whisper or go to me even in my dreams. I really miss her God. When she was in the hospice, i never left her side when it was my shift and Rick, Her son's shift is night shift. We saw to it she has someone 24/7 . It was an honor that on her last breath it was just me and her. I was talking to her telling her I see she is suffering and that it is okay to let go, don't be afraid I will hold her both hands in the transition when she will see the Light and meet our dad and our other sister Ila with the HOLY SPIRIT. I am glad too that i came 5 days early that i still had a chance to chat with her, and my son was able to lie beside her and with the ipad, he played Tina Turners music (simply the best) which is the favorite song of Marie, My son still kept that video where Marie was dancing on the bed while lying down  ,happy with her both arms and fingers snapping to the music. It was priceless. Then the consecutive days she was already in constant excruciating pain, that all she did was sleep. I will never forget my sister Marie, she bought me my biggest doll for xmas that the eyes opens and closes and she was still in college,maybe she got it from her allowance. When she was working already she bought me anything that her office mates are selling in Polymedic Hospital. (she was the head of (ECG) then. She is not only Beautiful, She is very humble and just intelligent. She is a real Friend if you know her.Don't worry Marie, now that you're with the angels, I will automatically remember all your advises . I REALLY REALLY MISS YOU...... (PAPANG EVEN ASKED YOU WHAT NAME WILL WE GIVE OUR BABY,( WHEN I WAS BORN)...SINCE(YOU WERE HIS TALKING BUDDY AND FAVORITE). YOU WERE GIVEN 2 CHOICES, MARYANNE OR GRACE ANNE. UNTIL WEE MEET AGAIN SIS,   i love you and i miss you so much, i know i will feel this more when i get home to Jersey. I arranged your office here in your house and all your pictures will stay the way it is. Your recliner leather massage chair i did placed the EIFFEL TOWER  MONUMENT (STATUE)BESIDE IT WITH YOUR PICTURE ON THE TOP. SO i WILL LEAVE RICK WITH A CLEANED UP HOUSE.NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY OKAY?...ENJOY YOUR NEW ETERNAL LIFE..................LOVE GRACE-ANNE

We wanted to express our sympathies to Rick and all for the loss of such a great lady. We should all be so lucky to have someone look after us as Rick did for Marie. His love for Marie was undeniable, and inspiring. Our prayers for peace are with you all.  Len & Pat Bieber

Auntie Carol (Marie to the outside world) will always remain a strong, lasting and potent force in my life. She loved me unconditionally and accepted me during the darkest and most trying moments of my life. I will surely miss you Aunt and your practical words of wisdom.. I love you.

Tita Marie was my aunt but I only became close to her in 2005 when she was like an angel to me during a difficult moment in my life. She was a friend that reached out to me online and never left my side. I still have our conversations, sharings and stories which I read whenever I miss her. One thing I remember the most about her was her daily afternoon tea and prayers overlooking a bird bath she had placed in her garden. Love you Tita! I miss you already. Thank you for your words of wisdom and encouragement.

We got to know Marie and Rick at our weekly chemo sessions at UCLA in Los Angeles.  After Marie's and Maureen's treatments we would often walk together to the local noodle house to spend a couple of hours chatting over dinner.  Fighting this disease together forged a strong bond of friendship.  It is with a deep sense of loss that we mourn Marie's passing.  To Rick, her constant and attentive husband, we say “be strong” knowing that Marie's suffering is over and that she is at peace with God now.

OBITUARIO

Marie 'The Princess' C. Lucas Lucas-MacGibbon

31 marzo, 1952 – 18 junio, 2013

Palm Northwest Mortuary & Cemetery

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