A celebration of her life will take place at a later date. Marie was born on Jan. 22, 1945, at Ventura, California, to Harold and Ruth Clausen of Ojai, California. She was the youngest child and had two older brothers, Jerald and Robert Clausen. Marie grew up in Ojai and graduated from Nordhoff High in 1962. She went on to graduate from Community College in Ventura. Marie met her husband of 56 years, Louis Eugene Marks, on a blind date for the formal company Christmas party. On their second date, Louis took Marie quail hunting in the mountains above Ojai, kicking off a lifetime of love, and they have been inseparable ever since.