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John Marshall Obituary
January 15, 1931 – February 6, 2020
Durham
John (Jack) Norman Marshall, 89, died February 6, 2020 at The Forest at Duke, Durham, NC.
Jack was born January 15, 1931, in Kingston, PA to John Norman Marshall, Sr. and Ruth Conrad Marshall.
He graduated from Meyers High School, Wilkes-Barre, PA, in 1947 and from Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, PA, in 1953 with a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering. He married Carrie Jones October 11, 1952. He served in the U.S. Army as a 2 nd Lieutenant from 1954 to 1955 based in Beaugency, France, where his daughter Cindy was born in 1954. He returned to the U.S. and began a 40-year career with Babcock & Wilcox in Beaver Falls, PA. His son Craig was born in 1958. He retired as Manager of Steel
Operations in 1991 and a few years later Jack and Carrie moved to Durham, NC, to be closer their two grandsons.
Jack had many interests including travel (he had visited all 50 states), genealogy, fishing and sports (especially following the Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins and all Duke University sports).
Jack is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Cindy and Jim Sipple, Garden Valley, ID, son and daughter-in-law Craig and Zermeena Marshall, Durham, NC, grandchildren Collin and Dana Marshall and great granddaughter Evelyn, Westminister, CO, and Jackson Marshall, Durham, NC. He was preceded in death by his wife Carrie and sister Nancy.
A private memorial will be held in the future. Jack's family would like to thank the staff at The Forest at Duke for the warm and thoughtful care provided for the last 3 years of his life.
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