Jim Marshall peacefully left his earthly abode early Wednesday morning Sept. 17, at the Homestead Nursing center in Rexburg, Idaho, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
James Glen Marshall “Jim” was born in St. Anthony, Idaho, on April 18,1942, to Donald Roy Marshall and Wanda Orgill Marshall.
Jim in many ways had an idyllic childhood with two loving parents and a doting mother. Life revolved around planting crops in the spring, the potato harvest in the fall and the cattle drives in the late spring and fall, with a fun mix of fishing trips and pack trips in the high Tetons with Don and his friends in the middle of the summer.
Jim enjoyed wrestling and in high school became North Fremont’s first state champion in 1958.
After high school, Jim had 18 months of active duty in the Idaho National Guard and then attended Ricks College and Utah State University, earning a bachelor of science in Agronomy in 1966.
A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jim served a successful and rewarding mission in Florida. After coming home from his mission, he attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He soon became acquainted with Colleen Calder and they started dating.
Jim Marshall was married to Colleen Calder on April 18, 1975. Jim always considered this his greatest and most important accomplishment in life. Jim wanted to make sure to get married on his birthday so he never forgot his anniversary.
After getting married, Jim and Colleen spent the first two years of their married life in Monteview, Idaho, working on a cattle and sheep ranch.
The family then moved to Salt Lake where Jim managed gas stations for his father-in-law, David Calder, before moving to Lyman in 1988 to manage the Gas-N-Go truck stop. Jim retired in 2009 and then moved to Ashton, Idaho.
Jim is survived by his sons, Travis (Michelle) Marshall, James (Diana) Marshall, Aaron (Ruth) Marshall and Ladd (Katie) Marshall; and siblings, Karen (Chad) Neilson, J’lene (Jim) Lewis and Tracey Flint-Marshall.
The Marshall family would like to especially thank Homestead manager Jared Howell for letting my dad follow him around wherever he went at work, for a whole year. Allowing Jim to be his shadow, whether he was typing or walking, he became Jared’s buddy and “unofficial office assistant.” Few people have that kind of patience and charity and we are grateful to him.
Funeral services were held at noon on Friday, Sept. 26, at the Ashton LDS Stake Center, with Bishop David Hess of the Black Springs Ward officiating. The family received friends and family from 11 to 11:45 a.m. on Friday at the stake center prior to services. Interment was in the Parker Cemetery.
