Marshall-Kent-Obituary

Marshall Kent

Napa, California

1927 - 2021

About

LOCATION
Napa, California

Obituary

Send Flowers

Marshall Kent

1927 – 2021

Looking back over the remarkable life of our beloved Marshall Aaron Kent, a modern-day Renaissance man, we appreciate and celebrate his breadth of interests and talents in the arts and sciences, his fascination with exploring the world,...

Read More

Guest Book

Not sure what to say?

Mystery led me to find this in my computer feed...My condolences...and deepest sympathy go out to some of the best folks there are in this entirely unpredictable world...especially to Daniel Kent who I hope is doing well. It's never to easy to lose one's parents so I add to this to your fellowship of hearts reaching out to embrace you during your loss.

Yes Peggy, Marshall Kent, known to his family and friends by his childhood nickname of Buck, is father to Michael Kent (San Pablo), Jennifer Kent House (Davis), Joel Kent (Fremont), and Daniel Kent (Napa). As his daughter, I appreciate the comments remembering my father offered here. Hello to Eric. He was indeed an unusual man of contrasts - he felt himself the outsider and yet engaged in the community; he never mastered cursive writing and yet he drew masterfully. In my long and deep...

Is this Mike Kent's father? He sounds like an amazing person, someone I would have been interested to meet. My condolences to the family.

Marshall "Buck" was a wonderful and interesting guy. He remembered and used to mention when I picked him up at the Greyhound station in Napa on a motorcycle after a business trip. He was pretty surprised but held onto his attache case while I delivered him to the Kent residence. This was before the helmet law.

While starting out my adult life, I was fortunate to take care oh his family´s house in Coombsville in the Summer of 1968 while he and his family traveled to Europe. He built the house i and my family lived in for 30 years on Atlas Peak. He was an amazing human being. I will miss seeing him at the Dunlap´s over the Xmas holidays.