Obit: Marsh, Raymond (1883 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Marsh, Scott, Davison, Johnson

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 23 Mar 1972

Marsh, Raymond (10 Jul 1883 – Mar 1972)

Funeral services for Mr. Raymond Marsh, 88, of Wausau and formerly of Colby, will be held at the First United Methodist Church on Colby on Friday at 2 p.m. Visitation will start at 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The Rev. B. Scott will officiate and burial will be in Colby Memorial Cemetery. The Lulloff Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Marsh was born July 10, 1883 in Marathon County, south of Colby. He was one of 11 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Merit Marsh. He was married to Adella Davison June 17, 1903.

Mr. Marshf worked in the Bride and Building Division of the Soo Line Railroad for 43 years before retiring in 1953.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Colby, the Brotherhood of Railway and Train Employees, the Wausau Senior Citizens, and the Wausau Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Reuben Johnson, Wausau; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, who died in 1963, and a son, Norman.