Marge Kimmel Memorial - El Paso Community Foundation | Grants, Scholarships, and Philanthropy Services

Margarita “Marge” Yolanda Kimmel lit up this world from the day she was born on January 28, 1933, in El Paso, TX, to the day she left us on January 30, 2025. Marge was an educator with a sweet disposition who loved people, family, and travel. She graduated from El Paso Technical Institute in 1951 and worked as a secretary for an architectural firm. She married the love of her life, Earl Kimmel, in 1963. After graduating from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in English, Marge taught English and humanities at Lincoln Middle School.

Marge and Earl were ardent supporters of the El Paso Community Foundation and its efforts to restore the Plaza Theatre with the City of El Paso. They were charter members of the Plaza Theatre StarKeepers support organization. With Earl by her side, Marge conducted tours of the historic theater for several years. She was a member of the El Paso Community Foundation board, its program and grants committee, its Classroom Fund grant review committee, and an enthusiastic supporter of its Plaza Classic Film Festival.

Marge was preceded in death by her husband Earl, sister Herlinda Collins, brother Fernando Garcia, and parents Santos and Esther Ramos. She is survived by sister Esther Goselin (John Goselin) of Canadaqua, NY, and numerous nieces, nephews, grand nephews and nieces, and great grand nephews. The family is grateful she had a short illness and thanks Enhabit Home Health and Enhabit Hospice for her care.

A memorial service will be from 11:45 a.m. to 1 pm February 19, 2025, at Martin Funeral Home West, 128 N. Resler Drive. Internment is at 1:30 p.m. at Memory Gardens of the Valley, 4900 McNutt Road, Santa Teresa, NM. A celebration of life will follow at 6249 Bandolero Drive at 2:30 p.m.

Se realizará un funeral de 11:45 a.m. a 1 p.m. el 19 de febrero de 2025 en Martin Funeral Home West, 128 N. Resler Drive. El internamiento es a la 1:30 p.m. en Memory Gardens of the Valley, 4900 McNutt Road, Santa Teresa, NM. Una celebración de la vida seguirá en 6249 Bandolero Drive a 2:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Plaza Theatre Endowment Fund in the El Paso Community Foundation, P.O. Box 272, El Paso, TX, 79943 or epcf.org (below).

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