GALEN MARSH

GALEN MARSH

Mar. 6, 1945 Mar. 10, 2023

Our beloved brother, Galen Frank Marsh, 78, of El Centro, CA, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2023, after a brief illness. Galen was born and raised in El Centro, the third of five brothers and sisters. His parents were Paul L. Marsh II and Elizabeth N.

Marsh, who for many years owned and operated Marsh Dry Cleaners, which was established in the Imperial Valley in 1919 by Paul L. Marsh I and Amanda Fairchild Marsh. Galen attended local schools and graduated from Central Union High School, class of 1963. He attended San Diego State University and graduated in 1967 with a degree in accounting. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, Officer Candidate School (OCS). After obtaining his commission, he served aboard the USS carrier Wasp in the North Atlantic, in Europe, and U.S. east coast. After his discharge in 1970, he traveled in Europe and the United States until returning home in 1971. He worked at several Valley businesses, including Visco Flying Service in Imperial, and for many years was accounting manager at Office Supply in El Centro. Galen was active in his church. He also had a deep and abiding appreciation of music. He had been a talented pianist and sang in the campus student choir at San Diego State. Later, in the 90s and early 2000s, he sang with the Imperial Valley Master Chorale, which performed on two occasions at Carnegie Hall. He enjoyed vacationing with family at Mission Beach in San Diego.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul L. Marsh II and Elizabeth Nemeth Marsh; brother, Paul L. Marsh III; brother-in-law, Craig W. Rathbun; and sister, Elizabeth Ann Marsh. He is survived by brother, David Marsh of Clovis, CA; sister-in-law, Marilyn A. Marsh; sister, Amanda Rathbun of Escondido; niece, Amanda Marie Marsh of Clovis, CA; and grand-nephew, David Hubble of Clovis, CA.