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Joel Marsh Obituary

Joel Evan Marsh A treasure to all who know and love him, passed April 4, age 71. Bred in Brooklyn, attended AB Davis High, Cornell (BS), UC Berkeley (MA), Columbia, Hastings College of Law (JD). Passion for travel ignited by European trip with brother Gene at age 17. After college, Army, Germany; U.S. Foreign Service, four countries. Co-founded Marsh & Perna, renowned immigration law firm. Taught international and immigration law at Golden Gate Law School for 30 years. Active in ACLU. Fulbright Scholar in Turkey. Worked or taught in over 15 countries. Elegant, generous, funny, erudite, fighter for social justice. Lover of his beautiful daughters, the Mediterranean diet, noir movies, bicycling, intelligent conversation, and his family and friends. You will live with us forever.

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Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Apr. 23, 2010.

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Alvin Reyes

December 31, 2016

GOD Bless his soul, a very good man, and a very good friend. As a caregiver he treats me as a long time friend and a family.
I will always treasure his friendship.

April 27, 2010

Hi Gail:
Nice to hear from you after all these years. I'd like to have your email address. There are so many memories of your mother and father and your aunts that Joel and I had fun remembering. [email protected].

Gail (Rothschild) Lane

April 25, 2010

I am a distant cousin of Joel's and was saddened to learn that he passed away. My husband, Stanley and I last saw him in Zurich, Switzerland many years ago.

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