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for Joshua Marshall
Jan Marshall
July 6, 2020
Josh, I miss you so much! I find myself waking up and thinking of you. Seeing this picture, I can hear the sound of your voice like it was yesterday.. What a kid you were!! Every time I pass Wayne's tavern in Puyallup, I think of your phone call to me. Saying, grandma, I need some money?? what the heck for? Just bring me $60 bucks grandma. I said, JOSH!! I'm in my nightgown? Well, get dressed!! I'm going to win.. I know I will. So, I got my clothes and took him the cash. It wasn't long and I received a call!! Grandma, I won! $275.00 bucks!! I told you!! Anyone who knew him, would be able to hear his voice saying this to me. I miss you Josh . Love you
Jan Marshall
July 6, 2019
Dearest Josh, you are a treasured part of my life. I miss you and always wish I could see you come walking through the front door. I miss our long talks and your loving thoughts. You were so much fun, and you and Cade had a blast together. I loved the way you were never to old to sit down and glue and glitter with your grandma and our most precious Alayna. You always called her Lannie. I constantly think how proud I am of you for being your own person. You were strong and never cared what anyone thought. I miss you Joshie!! We will meet again someday honey. Love you!!!
unknown unknown
December 29, 2011
i miss you josh
Erin Turnley
August 10, 2011
Josh,
God crafted you with wittiness, a perserverance that is hard to find in this generation and an amazing smile. You had a huge heart; family was important and at the end of the day, you aspired for what was right in this world. Your days were too short and although we will never know God's full plans until we meet him face to face... I take comfort in knowing that God works ALL things together for Good according to His plans and for His Glory.
There are no words to express the loss of a loved one.. to my uncle Paul, Aunt Debbie and cousins Callista and Doug... we love you and are praying for you during this time.
JP
August 9, 2011
Dear Josh ~ You were an INSTURMENTAL and INSPIRATIONAL part of my Serenity Lane experience. I had the honor of being in the same group as you. I mirrored many of your struggles, and identified with you immensely. I think of you so often, you touched my soul and my life forever. When you spoke in group, we listened. When you cried, we cried. When you laughed, we laughed. Not only did you touch us in group, but also SO MANY others at Serenity Lane. I'm grateful to have known you -in that short amount of time, you had a HUGE impact on me. I'm so SAD, and so sorry for your family and Alyssa. You loved them SOOOO much. My heart aches for you and your struggles with the disease of addiction. ADDICTION is such a powerful, powerful disease. I can't believe you are gone from this earth. It isn't right, you were SO special; smart, charming, witty, tender. You were trying so hard to find a balance between the fast-paced and peaceful life; the black and white wolves.
You liked this prayer:
Lord, make me an istrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness light; and where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
~Run free with the white wolves my friend.
July 15, 2011
My deepest condolences to family and friends of Josh. He was a wonderful person. ~Rena Linker
Cade Marshall
July 15, 2011
Josh,
I always thought of you more like a brother than a nephew, we shared a lot of great times over the years and we did a lot of growing up together. The summers we spent back on the farm are some of my fondest memories and I’m truly thankful we experienced it together. I will always be very proud of your many accomplishments and I only wish we could have seen what was next.
Love Uncle Cade
Aunt Angie
July 15, 2011
Thank you for letting all of us be a part of your life Josh. You are going to be missed SO much! May God grant a bit of comfort and peace to everyone whose lives you touched during this very difficult time. Love you.
Janice Sack-Ory
July 14, 2011
It is with heavy heart that I write this, deeply saddened by Josh's death. As all of us, Josh had his shadow side, but when the light that was Josh shone in this world, it was dazzling! I will remember him for his respectful, quick-witted, and passionate sparring with my mind as his eyes twinkled in delight, his compassion, especially for animals, and his sincere offers of help at family gatherings.
Josh's passion for life carried over into working with the incredible challenges of his addictions. I admired him for the courage he had and the effort he put forth, repeatedly against the odds, to learn how to live humbly with his demons. Josh was a young man with a big heart who cared deeply for life, and he will always be remembered with love as a nephew and a cousin. Our family has lost a bright star!
Debbie, Paul, Doug, Callie, and Alyssa, I am sorry that I won't be there on Saturday to honor Josh. Please know that I hold all of you in my heart. Blessings to each of you!
Dan, Teresa, Taren and Lauren Rock
July 14, 2011
We are very sorry for your loss.
This is a reminder for the others in recovery of just how fragile sobriety can be, especially early sobriety.
I hope that this tragic news will cause someone to go to a meeting instead of drink or use the next time the compulsion comes up.
That wont heal your pain but it could save someone elses life.
Becca Anderson
July 14, 2011
Oh Josh, thank you for the first camping trip in too many years with James and Lys it was awesome and some amazing memories. Thank you for your help at the last minute to help me move. It breaks my heart that you are no longer here. You are an amazing person and I would laugh when ever we all would be together. Thank you for making me apart of yours and Alyssa life. Your family and friends are in my prayers. You will surely be missed.
Kim McDonald
July 14, 2011
Dear Debbie and Paul - I was so saddend to hear about Josh. He came into our lives at difficult time but he was always there with encouragement for Alex. I am happy that he was able to spend some time with us at our home and will always remember the laughter and "stories". You raised a loving, caring son who thought the world of you both. May your friends and loved ones help you through this very difficult time. Sending you my love and prayers-
Mikey Grillo
July 14, 2011
Josh, I havn't contacted you for quite a while, was hoping to re-establish some communication...too late. I'll miss you man
Julia & Jerry Rich
July 13, 2011
Our family met Josh thru our son Jake at Serenity Lane. We were impressed by his outgoing personality and positive spirit. Josh was always ready to encourage Jake.We are saddened by his passing. Sending your family our love and condolences. Thinking of you.
Mona Hamlin
July 13, 2011
Josh, we only met you a few times, but your love light shined through. When Blake was sick, we cried together and I could see through to your heart right then. You cared so much. I know you are up in heaven helping others. I pray for your family that they may get through this most difficult time in losing you, their precious boy. We will miss you. Bless you
Chris Hollamon
July 13, 2011
I have sat with this open for hours now, not knowing what to say. My mind is still empty. I only wish you could have found and stuck with the path you were trying so hard to find. So many of us have lost ourselves in the demons that have taken you. I can only hope that someone see's this, here's this, and is able to change their course with your memory in mind. I continue to sit here looking at your picture trying to to find an answer. The only thing I hear is what we are told...Jails, Institutions or Death... and too many times has the later has come true. My heart aches and I shed a tear for your family and for Alyssa. I can only hold onto the good times we shared. I will miss you my friend!!!
colleen Grizzell
July 13, 2011
Precious family, I see a picture in my mind of little Josh being laid in my mothers arms, Debbie is on the bed with both, so proud. Four generations were represented even though Gloria had gone before. Tender happy moments are scattered through my memories of Josh. His bright greetings and bear hugs will never be forgotten. Dear ones, I wish I could spare you the pain of this loss. Love, Aunt Colleen.
Cliff Sams
July 13, 2011
Josh, you will never know how many people you really helped in life. You are always in our hearts and you will never be forgoten. till I see you again my friend.
Nemah Dalai
July 13, 2011
You will be missed my friend
Jerry, Katie, Ryan & Felicia Cummings
July 13, 2011
Dear Paul, Debbie & Callie,
We are so sorry for your loss. We love you and are praying for your family. Your lives have been forever blessed by the love and life shared with Josh.
Tiffany Honick
July 13, 2011
josh,
You will forever be in our hearts and missed very much. You touched so many lives and I will never forget the good times growing up together.Love you forever.Fly With the angels
Blake
July 13, 2011
I love you Josh.. there will not be one day in my life that I wont think about you... I know your always going to be looking over me..
Blake Hampton
July 13, 2011
i don't know what i am going to do without josh.. i love you. you were always there for me. you taught me so much about life and life is not going to be the same without you..i will never forget the laughs and the times we had.. i love you brother always and forever ....
Janet Scott
July 12, 2011
He was such a special kid, always making me smile. Having known him most of his life made him so special to me.... I will miss him always.
Jan Scott, Gig Harbor, WA
Grandma Jan Marshall
July 12, 2011
"Josh, was a good boy in oh so many ways. He loved his family and they meant everything to him. He always seemed to walk in the door and feel like he was just here yesterday. From the time he was a little boy he loved to be at his grandma's house with me and his uncle Cade. They were more like brothers than anything. Each tormenting the other until one cried. Josh loved his grandma unconditionally and me him also. He would talk to me about the trouble he had gotten into and I would say, "Josh, I love you." and he would say, " I know grandma, I shouldn't of done it."
Is it true what they say... that if you save a life they will be your soul mate forever? Well, just maybe!
When Josh was about three, he walked up on the pool deck and jumped right in. He stood on the bottom looking up, so silent, doing nothing, not a strugle from him. So I reached in, grabbed him by his hair and pulled him out. I saved him....Many times I feel like I saved Josh. He would call me from rehab and tell me what a terrible time he was having and I'd say "stay" Josh stick with it! He always said, "My grandma is always there for me." I feel honored that he felt that way about me. How lucky I was to have you in my life, and I will miss you forever my Josh. You were my friend and more than a grandma could wish for, in her grandson. I"ll always love and miss you, "Grandma Jan"
Erin Ford
July 12, 2011
Soar in serenity....you'll be missed josh.
Bill, Tatona, Tiana & Blake Swenson
July 12, 2011
Dear Paul, Debbie & Callie,
It brings us such sadness to hear of your loss. We send our deepest sympathy at this diffcult and sorrowful time.
Have hope in tomorrow, have faith in the everlasting, and take comfort in the love of friends and family.
We are thinking about you all, we are praying for you all, and we love you guys. We are here for you if there is anything at all we can do.
Josh will be greatly missed by all who knew him. May his love for his family and friends and the many lasting memories he left, live on forever!
Bruce & Andrea Goetsch
July 12, 2011
Josh, we do not weep for you for you are finally and truly free. It pleases us to think of you soaring with Eagles or roaming the cosmos at will. It is the ones that have to stay that are sad that such a man so full of life has gone to the next reality. You will be missed always.
Shandra Klein
July 12, 2011
Josh, you will always have a special place in my heart. You were such a wonderful friend when I needed it the most..I will always be thankful for that. I will miss you Marshall. May you rest in peace.
Caron Campbell
July 12, 2011
Debbie, Paul, Doug, and Callie: If personal charm was a shield against addiction, we would not need this Guest Book of grief, for Josh had a delight and warmth of heart that was a joy to those of us who knew him.
Debbie Sack
July 12, 2011
Josh was a young man who had been born gifted with so many things. Things to surely guarantee success, as the world dictates success. Handsome, charming, witty, intelligent, energetic and driven. Yet there existed a force powerful enough to undermine it all. Our family has come to respect the incredible power of the disease of addiction and its ability to control human circuitry. For Josh, his family, and precious girlfriend, Alyssa, the past few months were a fabulous time of healing and hope. Lately, Josh had found the strength to emerge into true recovery and gifted those around him with a gentle, grateful, humble, reflective, and spiritual self. The ladies in his life, Debbie, Callie, and Alyssa, would all tell you that he was their best friend. Josh loved his baby sister so deeply and had been proud of every single accomplishment she ever had. Alyssa was his grounding force and he loved her as his soul mate. Her unfaltering devotion saw him through and helped him keep going. He was proud to call his step father, Paul, his dad. Looking back, it is if we see a guy who spent his life searching out venues for both an adrenaline rush and place of calmness and spirituality. As a kid, he participated in scouts (until girls seemed more important) and would later tell you of his pride for his brother attaining rank of eagle and regret that he had not stayed the course. He loved to ride our quad sport around our property managing to flip it on numerous occasions (duh). In his High School days, Josh loved to be involved in so many things he couldn’t get enough. His interests included more than you can list, some calming and some just the opposite.In school, football always came first, but also band and choir. Interesting contradictory of interests, but how very “Josh” to want to do it all.He loved drama club and was proud to be cast in Westside Story and Oklahoma. It was no surprise that he could achieved high grades in school, and impressed his way into college with high ACT/SAT scores. Josh was proud to have worked under his uncle Cade at Precision Iron Works in Sumner, WA and later as a stock broker for Phillips and Company in Portland. Nature and gardening was a passion that he shared with Paul and he kept a crazy worm farm and recently, a few chickens he lovingly referred to as “Ladies”. He could quote lines from movies word for word and liked playing with foreign accents voices. An intriguing storyteller, he’d draw you in and take you to who knows where. Sometimes even making it all up to try and see how long he could string you along. He never lost his ability to make those around him laugh. If Josh could share now about the new lease on life he embraced, he would have told you about so many amazing people he had met through Alcoholic Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. Community, who modeled the courage needed to sustain the daily battle that they shared. He loved to experience different groups and meetings and enjoyed so many different kinds of people. There was happiness these last months and for that we thank you.
Ray and Deanna Iverson
July 12, 2011
Josh truly touched so many of our lives. Thinking of you and wishing you comfort and peace.
July 12, 2011
Dear Debbie and Paul.
We are so very sorry for you!!! We just can't explain in words what you must feel. Gene also lost his son. We do know what you must be going through. May God give you strength through this trying time. We pray for peace for you.
Sincerely,
Gene/Kathy Mast
Alyssa Jaha
July 12, 2011
Joshua,
I am missing you so much and i will always love you. The love that we shared is irreplaceable and i am saddened that we wont have the life together that we always dreamed about. you were my best friend, sole mate, and future husband. i hope you can hear me when i talk to you because i know you are my guardian angle and you will always be watching over me. i love you baby with all my heart and sole and i miss you so bad it hurts.
Love always and FOREVER, your baby girl.
Lindsay Loter-Steet
July 12, 2011
Josh you will be so missed, and I hope you are at peace and happy at home with God. I will never forget your smile and the twinkle in your eye that came with it - I dont think anyone will. It was an honor to have had you as a friend. Your family and friends will be in my thoughts and prayers. God Bless.
July 12, 2011
May your son rest easy with mine, Sam Elkins, also a Sunrise and CHS student. We lost our precious son on April 29, 2010 at the age of 18... way way too soon. Only the good ones go... may the days and months ahead bring some peace to you and your family knowing that it's only the ones left behind that are in such pain.
Sincerely,
Nikki Elkins
Yvonne Cass
July 12, 2011
Josh,
I took this picture last year and thought it was quite fitting. I know how you loved the outdoors. I have spent many hours thinking about all the mischief you and Andrew used to get into growing up, since I heard of your passing. You guys were pretty close in school, and I know you were a good friend to my son,as well as many others. I am truly sorry Josh-it just makes my heart hurt so much. I will pray for you, your family, and all those friends who had the chance to know you. May you now be able to "Soar with the Eagles".
Ben Munster
July 12, 2011
Josh,
You will be missed. You and I had some good times then we didnt see eye to eye all the time, but it was fun when we did. I wish we could have kept in touch after high school. Hope you enjoyed life to the fullest. RIP
Ben Munster 07/12/2011
Paul Newman
July 12, 2011
Thank you for honestly sharing the life of Josh. It is very important that others with addiction know how it can not only consume them, but all those arround them.
Wyndi Rodriguez
July 12, 2011
May you feel safe and at home in the arms of God. Your smile and beautiful personality will be missed by all those who have been fortunate to meet you. I hope God will provide the peace and comfort to your family they so dearly need at this time, as they loved you endlessly.
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