15 October 2025 - A Very Sad Day

Marcia Lee Bilbrey (née Dykstra) passed away in Augusta, Maine, on October 15, 2025, at 7:20PM after a very short battle with infection and septic shock, with multiple prior health issues contributing.

Marcia was born in Zeeland, Michigan to William and Clarice Dykstra on February 15, 1955. She lived and worked in the legal field as a commercial software contracts negotiator in several states across the USA, including Michigan, Texas, Ohio, California, and Maryland. In retirement, she took up machine quilting with a strong passion. In 2021, she moved north to Maine, for a quieter, more rural lifestyle.

Over the last few years, while Marcia kept her primary focus on her quilting ... obsession, she found time to improve her bass fishing skills, take over the veggie gardening tasks, and had slowly started building up new friendships and associations within the community up here in Maine. Marcia loved her new home town.

Donations in her memory can be made to the Hallowell Food Pantry in lieu of flowers. Find their information at  https://www.hallowellfoodpantry.org/donate

She is survived by her siblings Karen, Richard, Susan, and Nancy, as well as her husband Brian Bilbrey. Marcia and Brian were married on June 30, 1998 and every day shared was a joy and a boon.