Marcia F. Jenkins, special planner, cancer board chairwoman

Marcia Forrest Jenkins, 70, board chairwoman of the Camden County chapter of the American Cancer Society in the 1990s, died of complications from a brain tumor Tuesday, Sept. 3, at her home in Haddon Heights.

Born Marcia Witter in Bloomfield, N.J., Mrs. Jenkins graduated from high school in California and earned an associate degree at Camden County College in 2001, her husband, P. James Jenkins, said in a phone interview.

Mrs. Jenkins owned Forrest Flowers, a retail firm in Cherry Hill and Marlton, from 1981 to 1993.

She then became director of special events for the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey from 1993 to 1998.

Mrs. Jenkins wrote in her resumé that chamber membership during her term increased to 1,800 from 1,000 and that annual revenue from her special events increased to $265,000 from $30,000.

She completed her business career from 1998 to the mid-2000s, her husband said, first with the marketing and advertising firm Ricci Associates in Marlton, which then merged into Idea Lab, a similar business in Moorestown.

She retired from Idea Lab as director of strategic business development, he said.

Besides working for the regional Chamber of Commerce in the 1990s, for a time she was also a member of Chambers of Commerce in Cherry Hill and Burlington County, her husband said.

Mrs. Jenkins was a member of the Haddon Heights Republican Club from 2006 to 2010, for which she staged all its special events.

She was a volunteer for Interfaith Caregivers in the 2000s, for which she planned events and drove folks to them.

She was a member in the 2000s of Good Neighbors of Haddon Heights, the website for which states that it was formed to help residents "who required short-term material assistance."

At First Presbyterian Church of Haddonfield, she was a deacon and worked on its personnel committee.

And she was treasurer from 2006 to 2010 for the Longbeach Condominium Association in North Wildwood, where the Jenkinses have a residence.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Jenkins is survived by sons Craig and Brett Forrest, daughter Cynthia Molloy, two sisters, and five grandchildren. She is also survived by her former husband, Michael Forrest.

A viewing was set from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the Gardner Funeral Home, 126 S. Black Horse Pike, Runnemede, before a funeral at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at the First Presbyterian Church, 20 Kings Highway E., Haddonfield. Interment is to be private.

Donations may be sent to Interfaith Caregivers of Haddonfield at www.ifchaddons.org.

Condolences may be offered to the family at www.gardnerfuneralhome.com.