Elfrida Marsh

Elfrida Marsh (nee Gates) is a minor character in the first season of It. She was a resident of Derry, Maine, the wife of Alvin Marsh and the mother of Beverly Marsh.

Sometime before 1984, Elfrida succumbed to her illness.

Early Life
After graduating from Derry's local high school, Elfrida began working as a waitress at a number of restaurants around Derry. After Alvin Marsh returned from WWII, the two quickly married.

Appearance
Like her daughter Beverly, Elfrida had auburn hair and green eyes.

In the book
In the It Novel, Elfrida is a woman that works long hours as a waitress at the best restaurant in Derry. She often brings home unsold leftover desserts for her husband's lunch the next day. She looks older than her years, although she apparently enjoys nightly sex with her husband.

She loves her daughter Beverly very much. As she notices how Bev's body is starting to develop, she becomes more and more worried subconsciously that her husband is touching Bev in a sexually inappropriate way. She is relieved to see Bev's confusion when she asks if her father ever touched her. She clearly knows that her husband beats Bev, but she lets it go as long as it doesn't cross over into a different kind of touching.

Elfrida had dark brown hair and pretty blue eyes.

Elfrida's greatest fear is going "on the country", which is why she works so hard without complaint and appreciates that Al works hard as well.