Margery Marston(1916-2010)
- Actress
Margery Sue Fife, (screen name "Marston") was born in Westchester, NY,
along with her twin sister Marion, aka "GoGo". Her younger brother Ross
(named after their father) was born in 1924. After graduating from high
school, their father said he would pay for them to go to college, or he
would pay for them to go on a trip around the world. Their father
believed that either decision would give them a good education and
would help them in becoming more mature and responsible. Of course, the
twins chose the trip. The girls boarded the Queen Mary at New York's
harbor for their trip around the world and memories that lasted a
lifetime. Aboard the ship, Muffy met William Freund. They fell in love
and married shortly after their voyage. Willie lived in England and was
in the Royal Air Force (RAF), so they made their home there, living
next door to Sir Winston Churchill. Although Muffy loved Willie, he was
never home since WWI was underway and Willie was off fighting for
England. After being alone in England for two years and far away from
her family and friends in the United States, Muffy told Willie that she
was extremely lonely and wanted to live closer to her friends and
family. Willie understood, since he had no idea how long the war was
going to last and when he would be able to settle down and live a
normal life again. Although sad, he knew that she would never be happy
living in England all alone and away from her loved ones. They went
their separate ways and Muffy moved to New York to be closer to her
twin sister and the rest of her family and friends. After the war was
over, Willie went back home, met and married Marjory Dyson and they had
one child together, Elizabeth. Willie passed away in England in 1963.
It was also during this time that Muffy signed up with the Powers
Modeling Agency, a prestigious New York modeling agency, and began her
modeling career. She was sought after in New York, Paris and London.
Muffy was hired to represent many brand products such as Hires root
beer, Pepsi Cola, Kodak and like her girl friend, Esther Williams, was
on the cover of Life Magazine in the early 1940's. She ended up in
Hollywood and used the screen name "Margery Marsden". She had a screen
test for Warner Bros Studio, was chosen to be one of the Amazon women
in "Tarzan and the Amazons" in 1945. Muff was good friends with Johnny
Weissmuller. Muffy met Walter Stecker in California, fell in love, and
married in 1946 and moved to Michigan, where Walter had grown up. Walt
and Muffy raised four children (Walter III, Ross, Richard, and Marion)
and retired to Siesta Key, Florida in the late 1970's. They moved back
to Michigan in the late 1990's to be closer to their children. Muffy
passed away at the age of 93 on April 21, 2010, but will be deeply
missed by all who knew her. She enjoyed swimming, writing stories,
poems, music and had a great sense of humor. Muffy truly loved life and
lived it with a vibrant energy and positive joy. Her quick sense of
humor kept our lives full with fun, laughter and an endearing
playfulness.