IT IS WITH GREAT SORROW THAT THE FAMILY OF MARSALINE KOCHAK-ADAMS
ANNOUNCES HER PASSING ON NOVEMBER 19, 2015 AT METHODIST HOSPITAL IN
HOUSTON, FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS.
MARSALINE KOCHAK-ADAMS WAS BORN ON AUGUST 4, 1954 IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, THE DAUGHTER OF AHMET SHEVKI KOCHAK AND MARY FORRESTINE SHERWOOD. MOST KNEW HER AS MARCY. MARCY WILL BE REMEMBERED BY ALL WHOM SHE TOUCHED AS A LOVING AND GENEROUS MOTHER, WIFE, SISTER AND FRIEND. SHE WAS A WOMEN OF FAITH AND A PRAYER WARRIOR. SHE LOVED TO SHOP, BAKE, CROCHET, TAKE TRIPS WITH FAMILY, SPEND TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN IN RECENT YEARS. DURING HER CAREER YEARS AS A FREIGHT SHIPPER SHE BUILT A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND BECAME KNOWN AS THE "GO-TO PERSON" WHEN FREIGHT NEEDED TO BE SHIPPED THAT NO OTHER COMPANY WOULD ACCEPT. SHE WAS QUITE PROUD OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
MRS. KOCHAK-ADAMS WAS THE MATRIARCH OF A LARGE BLENDED FAMILY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FIRST SON, JOHNNY MCCARVER. SURVIVING CHILDREN ARE, SHONNA MCCARVER, CHRISTINE STAGGS, JAMIE (DOCK) RICHARDSON. CHILDREN GIFTED FROM MARRIAGE, CAROL (RICHARDSON) WEST, CHUCK, JACKIE, BOBBY AND RALPH ADAMS. GOD GIVEN CHILDREN, CAMEO WICHINSKY, VERA SOTO AND RACHEL BOMER AND GOD DAUGHTER, ALLISON MARQUEZ. GRAND CHILDREN ARE, CHRISTIAN AND BREEA MCCARVER, SKYE MCCARVER, ISAIAH CASAREZ, SEBASTIAN TORRES, JERIMIAH HERNANDEZ, KASSIDY RICHARDSON, JAZLYN BOMER-RICHARDSON AND KAIDEN RICHARDSON.
GRAND CHILDREN GIFTED FROM MARRIAGE JEREMY AND JODIE WEST, JOSHUA WEST, JESSICA AND JACOB BALANCE AND MELISSA CLEGG. GREAT GRAND CHILDREN GIFTED FROM MARRIAGE BRENDAN AND BAYLEE WEST AN ELLA BALANCE. GOD GIVEN GRAND CHILDREN, MATTHEW ALSBROOK AND JULIANNA MARSALINE MARQUEZ. SURVIVED BY SIBLINGS, STEPHANIE SEHER SMITH, KATHLEEN KAMILE, EUGENE YILMAZ AND STANLEY AHMET KOCHAK. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, CATHERINE MARQUEZ WHO WAS HER RIGHT HAND, CARE TAKER AND HER BEST FRIEND.
A funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Grace United Methodist Church, 1245 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX 77008. A graveside service will follow at Woodlawn Garden Of Memories, 1101 Antione Dr., Houston, TX 77055.