Thomas Marshall

Thomas "Tom" Theodore Marshall, age 75, of Fort Collins died Tuesday, Dec. 23, at the Centre Avenue Health and Rehabilitation facility. He was born Sept. 7, 1933 at Crestline, Ohio to Alva Marshall and Agnes Jeanette Haugh. He attended Hopewell Louden High School in Bascom, Ohio. He married Kay S. Marshall on Feb. 8, 1964 in Fort Collins and they shared 44 years together. Tom was an avid outdoorsman enjoying spending time with animals. He loved to go camping in their RV and for five years they traveled between Fort Collins and their home at Lake Havasu, Ariz. In 1948, Tom moved to the Cherokee Park Dude Ranch and worked there until 1962. He then moved to Fort Collins where he worked at Wards and was the manager of Horseman Headquarter's Western Store. He then started his career as shop/maintenance foreman at Poudre Valley Electric Association, retiring in 1993 due to his failing health. He joined the Larimer County Sheriff's Posse in 1973 and served as an officer working on the search/rescue of the Big Thompson flood. He worked and judged the Kid's rodeo at the Larimer County Fair. During his fatherhood years, he became very involved with the National Little Britches Rodeo Association. He sat on the NLBRA Board of Directors as the Judge's Representative and judged numerous rodeois in the Rocky Mountain Region. Survivors include his wife, Kay S. Marshall of Fort Collins; and a son, Justin T. Marshall and his wife, Lisa, of Ault. They have four children, Jamison, 13, Jack six, and twin girls, Allison and Samantha, two. Also surviving are brother, Jerry Marshall and wife, Marge, of Tiffin, Ohio, Tim Marshall and wife, Phil, of Fort Collins; brother, Pete Marshall and wife, Diana, of Fort Collins; sister, Twila Perry and husband, Dave, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; and sister, Nanette Loewens and husband, Al, of California. A memorial service will be held on Jan. 2, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. at the Harbor of Hope Church, 608 E. Drake, Fort Collins. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to either the Larimer County Sheriff's Mounted Patrol or the National Little Britches Rodeo Association and sent to Bohlender Funeral Chapel, 121 West Olive, Fort Collins