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Jonathan Marshall

Phoenix, Arizona

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Longtime Scottsdale publisher Jonathan Marshall who helped shape the city in its formative and boom years has died. He was 84. After years of declining health, Marshall's death comes just weeks before the Scottsdale Tribune, the successor to his Scottsdale Progress, is set to close its...

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May this belated note be with the upmost respect and honor for Jonathan Marshall and his survivors. I was fortunate enough to become a district manager at The Scottsdale Daily Progress in 1982. Today, I am a Group Circulation Director and once Publisher in the newspaper industry. I owe this carreer to a man and his company who gave me a chance to contribute and be successful. Thanks.

Laura and Lucinda:
Although I do not recall your father, I do recall being in carpools with you, and the oddity of living practically across the street from each other yet attending different public schools. I am sorry for your loss. May I at least be present in your thoughts, as I offer my condolences from afar.

The Marshall Family:
Please accept my condolences.
Your loss is also to the community who benefitted from Jonathan's tireless good works.
The Scottsdale Progress was a model for excellent journalism and a superior asset to the Community.
Edwin K Swanson

Mrs Marshall,
Although I never knew your husband, my deepest condolenses go out to you and your family. My parents and I moved to South Scottsdale (Dianna Dr/Granite Reef) in Jan 1. 1969 and I remember the Scottsdale Progress like it was yesterday. And my parents and I both loved that paper! My late dad, David M. Maltz, knew your husband and thought that he was a very kind and compassionate man and was pleased to have gotten to know him.
And again, my sympathy to you and your family.

Laura, We went to PCDS together many years ago and I remember your father from the sleepovers you had, even the one that occured when RFK was shot and your poor father was stuck explaining it all to a bunch of little girls. He was a very kind soul. You and your family are in my thoughts.

Maxine...Our condolences to you and your family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.

Dear Maxine, family and friends:

Deeply sorry to hear of Mr. Marshall's passing (sorry--after two decades working for him, it doesn't seem right to call him Jonathan), but I understand his health had been failing for years. I now teach English in the San Diego area and just the other day I told my annual story of my senior year of high school. It ends with my mention of Mr. Marshall's stern warning about not repeating a stunt I pulled in high school with his newspaper. My 23 years...

dear maxine,i was so sorry to hear about the death fof your beloved johnathon. our prayers are with you and your family

Jonathan Marshall's editorial work inspired and encouraged me, a high school student at Saguaro in the early '70s, to dig deep into conservation work. Almost four decades later, my work continues, as do my fond memories of this great man. My condolences to the family and the many friends who will miss him.