OBITUARY: Roy Kenneth Marsh 1923-2001, Mitchell County, Iowa [Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Nov. 14, 2001] Roy Kenneth Marsh Roy Kenneth "Ken" Marsh, age 78, of Cedar Rapids, IA, died suddenly on Saturday, October 20, 2001 at St. Luke's Hospital. Memorial services were held at Calvary Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids on October 23, 2001. Burial was in the Liberty Cemetery, Little Cedar. Ken was born January 4, 1923 in Menlo, Iowa the son of Roy Marsh and Ila Mae Short. He married Geneva Johnson on October 14, 1945 in the Baptist Church in Little Cedar, IA. He graduated from Riceville High School and the University of Iowa with a master's degree in history. He taught American government at Roosevelt High School and Jefferson High School for 35 years. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church where he served as head usher for 33 years and was on the Christian Education Committee. Ken served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific area during World War II. Preceding him in death were his son-in-law, Loren McAdam; and three sisters, infant Alice Ione Marsh, Naomi Kildal and Mae Eleanor Marsh. Those that survive him include his wife, Geneva; three daughters, Candi Thomson and husband, Max of New Castle, PA, Laurie Fish and husband, John of Shellsburg, IA and Julie McAdam of Cedar Rapids; three sisters, Eileen Varley, Alice L. Dow and Ione Reese all of Oregon; and five grandchildren, Adam, Drew, and Jacob Fish and Brooke and Joanna Thomson. Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson; (Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ****************************************************************************