Marcella H Wright

Marcella H. Wright, age 91, passed away on Thursday March 8, 2012 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, AR. She was born October 24, 1920 to the late Daniel Jerome and Marcella Barbara (Toole) Hallisey in Aliquippa, PA. Marcy supported the war effort by working in the shipyard in Tampa, FL during WW II. She eventually moved to Dallas, TX where she met Jim Sid Wright. They were married on Christmas Day, 1949. In 1963 they took up residence in Albuquerque, NM where they lived for 40 years. In 2003 they moved to Wesley Woods Retirement Community in Newnan, GA. Then in 2005 they moved in with family in Bentonville, AR. She and “Jimbo” attended Calvary Chapel in the Ozarks church. Jimbo passed away in December, 2010.

Besides her parents and husband she was pre-deceased by her brother James D. Hallisey and sister Ruth Halterlein. She is survived by her sister-in-law Elizabeth J. Hallisey, niece Barbara Michael Shira Greene and her husband Carl, nephew James P. Hallisey and his wife Genise, numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews and some cousins. On Jimbo’s side she is survived by his brother Jack Wright and his two children, Wayne and Mary Margaret.

Marcy loved art and toured many of the world’s finest art museums. She was thrilled to visit Bentonville, AR’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art three times after it opened in November, 2011.

A memorial service will be held at Calvary Chapel, 2100 W. Perry Road, Rogers, AR on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Jim and Marcy’s ashes will be interred at the Santa Fe, NM National Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests any desired memorial gifts be made to one of the following: Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Rd., Springdale, AR 72762; Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Fe, 730 Alto St, P.O. Box 2403-87504, Santa Fe, NM 87501; Salvation Army, 504 N. Dixieland, Rogers, AR 72756; Calvary Chapel in the Ozarks , 2100 W. Perry Rd., Rogers, AR 72758

Online condolences can be made at www.rollinsfuneral.com.