Marsha Jill Latham Rowe

Marsha was born June 17, 1952, in Hyannis, MA to the late John G and Betty Brackett Latham. She grew up in Brewster, MA and graduated from Nauset Regional High School in 1970. Marsha was a naturally gifted athlete, and in 2016 was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame. She graduated from UMass Amherst in 1975 with a B.A. in Elementary Physical Education.

During her college years she worked as a summer waitress at Thompson’s Clam Bar in Harwich Port, MA. After college, Marsha worked as a mail carrier at the Brewster Post Office, as an in-home child daycare provider, preschool teacher, and a bookkeeper for the family’s plumbing business. For several years she was a host mother for competitive figure skaters training on Cape Cod.

Marsha was a loving and devoted mother who fully supported and cheered on her daughters in all of their endeavors. She served as a Girl Scouts leader, a youth sports coach, and as an officer of the Yarmouth Ice Club, where she helped organize and execute the club’s annual Cranberry Open competition. For nearly 20 years she assisted backstage at Melody Hall’s annual spring ballet recital. She accompanied her daughter Morgan to many national and international figure skating competitions. She hosted spaghetti dinners for the Harwich High School field hockey team and logged many miles on the family car to attend her daughter Marnie’s college field hockey games. In 2009, Middlebury College presented her with the Robert Gorneau award for her exceptional support of the field hockey team. Marsha spent many happy times at the family’s vacation home in Vermont, bringing her young daughters for extended summer stays, and in her later years enjoying the panoramic view of the Green Mountains from her deck. In recent years Marsha has loved caring for her two granddaughters, as well as spending time with her daughters and their families.

Marsha is survived by husband and high school sweetheart Matt, whom she married in 1978. She is also survived by daughter, Morgan Woolf, and husband, Gary of Boston, MA; daughter, Marnie Potish, and husband, Robby of Winchester, MA; and grandchildren, Rosalie and Sage Potish, of Winchester, MA and Tyler Woolf of Boston, MA. Survivors also include brother, Jack Latham and wife Jill; sister-in-law, Mary Jean Espulger-Rowe, of CA; aunt, Althea Bremner, of Brewster, MA; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by brother-in-law, Jon Rowe, of CA.

Marsha, we thank you for your love and kindness and for always being there for us when we needed you. You will forever be in our hearts. We will honor you by spreading kindness and love.

An informal gathering and remembrance for Marsha will be held at the family's home in Harwich from 1-4 pm on Sunday, June 16, 2024. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the booster clubs in support of student athletes at Nauset Regional High School and Monomoy Regional High School in her memory.