Marjorie Foretich Spiller

Marjorie, a long time resident of Baton Rouge, of late residing in Hammond, died at home on June 16, 2012. She was 89 years old. After operating "Margie Spiller's Knit Shop" for many years, she became an art instructor for East Baton Rouge Parish Council on Aging and enjoyed teaching art and continued painting her own works of art until recent years. Born in Gulfport, Miss, she attended Fairpark High School in Shreveport and was graduated from Baton Rouge High School. She then attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond where she studied Art and Music on a Clarinet scholarship and met her future husband and father of her four children., Edmund Ogden Spiller Sr. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge and served as children's Sunday School superintendent. She was an avid golfer and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Baton Rouge. She was a member of P.E.O. and served on the board of the Louisiana Art and Artists guild and the Louisiana Alliance of Arts Educators. Margie is survived by her daughter Caroline Spiller Ellsworth Rucker and husband Jerry of Houston, Texas and sons Edmund Ogden Spiller Jr, MD and wife Carolyn Brown Spiller of Hammond, John David "Jack" Spiller and wife Linda Gibbens Spiller of Baton Rouge, and Lindsey Wood Spiller and wife Terry Terrill Spiller of Baton Rouge. She loved and enjoyed her grandchildren Anna Louise Padgett and husband Michael Littleton, Caroline Madigan, Warren Ellsworth 1V, MD and wife Rachel, Edmund Winthrop Ellsworth and wife Jennifer, Rachel Spiller Garrett and Husband Paul D . Garrett, MD, Catherine Spiller Rosenbaum, MD and husband Bill, Andrew W. Haley and wife Courtney, Dr. J. Brook Haley and wife Beth, Gregory Lars Duoos, David Spiller and wife Hillary, Brent Spiller and wife Allison, Evie Spiller Ashby and husband Kyle, and Sarah Spiller. She had seven great grandchildren, Penelope, Matthew, Anna, William, Mary Michael, Julien and Boden. She was Preceded in death by her parents Joseph Stanislaus Foretich and Louise Lindsey Foretich, two brothers, Joseph J. Foretich and Leo L. Foretich, son-in-law, Warren Ellsworth and daughter-in-law Susan McQuay Spiller. The family wishes to thank North Oaks Hospice of Hammond and her several recent caregivers with special appreciation for Marie Lloyd for her years of graceful and dedicated service. Funeral Services will be at Rabenhorst Funeral home at 825 Government St. in Baton Rouge on Thursday June 21 at 1 P.M with visitation beginning at 11 A.M. Interment will be at Greenoaks Cemetery in Baton Rouge. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations would be welcome at Arts Council of Baton Rouge, North Oaks Hospice of Hammond, La. or a charity of your choice.