Sutter Creek – The Sutter Creek City Council passed a resolution Monday honoring longtime Amador County journalist Marcia Young Oxford, 73, who passed away October 11th in Drytown. The resolution recognized and appreciated “all the contributions Marcia Oxford gave to Amador County and the city of Sutter Creek.” The Sutter Creek resolution noted “that the city recognizes all Marcia’s accomplishments over her lifetime and years she spent in the county of Amador.” Oxford was a volunteer and director of the Sutter Visitors Center, and worked at the Amador Ledger Dispatch newspaper as a business columnist. She also was a long-time reporter for the River Valley Times. The resolution noted that Oxford was the great-granddaughter of the Mormon pioneer, Brigham Young. Oxford grew up in Chico, and lived throughout the world, including Baghdad, Iraq, and Beirut, Lebanon, “before graduating from an extension of the California education system in Baghdad.” Oxford “attended U.C. Bekeley and received a degree in journalism, where she also worked on the Daily Cal Newspaper.” After graduating, Oxford worked in radio, newspaper and advertising; in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Hawaii” and elsewhere. She met her late husband, George Oxford, in 1968 and they were married, and they moved to Amador County in 1976. Oxford worked for the Amador County Chamber of Commerce, Fun Times magazine, Sunset magazine, and the Sutter Creek Visitors Center. Oxford’s Celebration of Life was held last Saturday at the St. Sava Mission in Jackson. Oxford was predeceased by her husband of 25 years, George Oxford, is survived by her goddaughter Claire Murphy, Paul Gunselman, the Murphy family of Sutter Creek, and countless friends. Oxford’s obituary said that “When George and Marcia moved to Amador in 1976, her first job was selling rocks and minerals in a Volcano shop. A $70 shortfall in the till, on a day when one buyer stopped by the shop, validated her decision to continue with writing.” Hospice of Amador has been a tremendous part of her peaceful passing from this life and APAL has always been a cause near and dear to her. Cards can be sent to Claire Murphy at 282 Foothill Drive, Sutter Creek, CA, 95685. In lieu of flowers, gifts can be made to A-PAL of Jackson or Hospice of Amador and Calaveras Counties. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.