[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2298]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING MARSHA OGILVIE

  Mr. RISCH. Madam President, I rise today to pay tribute to Marsha H. 
Ogilvie, a loyal and steadfast mayor of Sandpoint, ID. On January, 8, 
2014, Mayor Ogilvie lost a valiant battle with cancer and my State lost 
a good friend, a champion for women and children and a tireless public 
servant.
  Mayor Ogilvie, who was born at March Air Force Base in Southern 
California, moved to the great State of Idaho in 1994. In the 20 years 
she made Idaho her home, she distinguished herself in service to 
others. As she once said, and many in Sandpoint now say, she won the 
hearts and minds of the people in Sandpoint.
  Elected mayor just 2 years ago and having served the two previous 
years on the city council, Mayor Ogilvie, leaves a giant hole in those 
hearts and the broader community. The business and professional 
experience Mayor Ogilvie brought was wide and varied and earned her the 
respect of many. Early in her career, she served in restaurant and 
retail management. When she and her husband Francis arrived in 
Sandpoint, they opened a couple of small businesses--The Candy Cottage 
and the All Smiles gift shop. But Marsha Ogilvie was not just about 
business. She cared deeply about the health, welfare and success of 
women and children.
  Soon after moving to Idaho and well before entering public service, 
she established Kinderhaven, a nonprofit community organization which 
is dedicated to supporting children in crisis. Founded in 1996 and 
under the vision and compassionate care of Marsha Ogilvie, more than 
1,300 children have found the all-important help they needed in times 
of their greatest distress. So important to the Sandpoint community, 
Kinderhaven was named the grand prize winner in the 2002 Governor's 
Brightest Stars Awards. In addition, Mrs. Ogilvie, who crossed paths 
with many women serving as volunteers in the Sandpoint community, 
started Women Honoring Women. It was designed to be a one-time event 
but has evolved since 1999 into an annual event to recognize and honor 
women in Bonner County who are 65 or older and working to make a 
difference in the lives of others, who love learning and exhibit 
qualities of leadership. Marsha Ogilvie recognized these qualities in 
others because she, too, possessed them. . .well, all but one--she was 
only 64 when she passed away.
  If these achievements were not enough, Marsha Ogilvie joined with 
three friends to co-author a children's book, which was just recently 
published. Gigi's Enchanted Forest was a way to honor the life of a 
mutual friend of theirs who shared their hope for and love of children 
and a dedication to community service.
  Mayor Marsha H. Ogilvie personified a life of giving and caring. Her 
unparalleled legacy of hard work, reaching out to her community and 
recognizing those who help others in volunteer service is indelibly 
etched on the many hearts and minds of those she served in Sandpoint, 
ID, and far beyond the city limits. May God bless her husband, her 
family and the hundreds of Idahoans who will miss her passion, 
exuberance and spirit of joy.

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