Marlin Chester Marshall was born on Sunday, July 5, 1936, in Wheatland,Wyoming to Chester P. and Margaret F. (Curtis) Marshall.
He died at the Platte County Hospital on Sunday, March 30, 2025 in Wheatland.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Celeste Hamby.
He is survived by Celeste’s children, Larry, Margaret Ann Day, Donna Pauli, and Mary Jo Johnke, their families, other extended family, and his many friends.
Marlin lived his entire life in Wheatland and graduated from high school in 1955 at Wheatland High School he earned the nickname “Shane”. It always made him smile.
Marlin worked on a wheat farm near Antelope Gap; for the school system as a custodian and bus driver; for the Wyoming Highway Department; and finished out his career as an engineering/surveying assistant and draftsman for Kenneth Kennedy, for thirty years. He was an excellent draftsman, and was very proud of the fact.
After retirement, Marlin was on the board of the Seniors’ District, the Laramie Peak Museum, the Church of the Nazarene, and WHS Ol Grads, being the latter’s Historian for fourteen years. He served in the Wyoming National Guard for nine years, where he achieved the rank of Staff Sargent.
In later life, Marlin lived in the Senior apartments on 16th Street, with his last months spent at the Platte County Legacy Home. He also had a couple of recent stays at the Platte County Hospital. He was very appreciative of the care he received from the staff and the doctors at all those places.
Marlin’s faith was very important to him. He was a kind man, and was old-time Wheatland through and through. He will be missed.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 10 at the First Church of the Nazarene.
Memorials may be made to the Laramie Peak Museum, PO Box 451; the First Church of the Nazarene, 1155 High Street; or the Platte County Legacy Home, 100 19th Street, all in Wheatland.
Gorman Funeral Homes - Platte Chapel of Wheatland, Wyoming is in charge of the arrangements.
