Kathryn Marshall

Kathryn Marshall passed away at home on August 31, 2023, following a yearlong battle with cancer. She was 69.Kathryn was born in San Francisco and raised in Palo Alto. She went on to graduate from both Cabrillo College and the University of California at Santa Cruz while working in various county departments to pay for her education. She enjoyed playing classical music on her piano and painting. She met her husband, Doug Marshall, at the Santa Cruz County Planning Department. After marriage, she worked with her husband at his law office in Santa Cruz. She always wanted to be fired, never wanting to work there in the first place, but it was the one wish that was never granted. In 2016, she happily retired with her husband in Oregon, where her husband had developed property along the Nehalem River valley. She is survived by her husband, who remains in the home they built, along with Phoebe, her beloved Labrador Retriever.