Lawrence County PA Archives Obituaries.....Marshall, David M. June 12, 1937
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New Castle News, June 12, 1937
     At half past ten o'clock this morning one of the oldest 
and most highly regarded members of the Lawrence County 
Funeral Directors Association, David M. Marshall, died at 
his home in Wampum.  He had reached his 71st year on Monday 
of this week.

     Members of his profession in all parts of Western 
Pennsylvania, many of them who knew him intimately, will 
mourn his passing for he was a man of admirable character 
who never forgot his noble principles during over 30 years 
as a funeral director.  He was an active churchman, a Mason, 
and he had a great host of friends.

     For many months his health had been poor but he was 
cheerful to the last, constantly assuring his friends that 
he would be all right before long.  He must have known, as 
his physicians knew, that his death was only a matter of a 
short time.  He had taken treatment for his throat trouble 
at Cleveland Clinic and at various other health centers but 
had received little relief.  For the past three weeks he was 
confined to the upstairs of his home and several days ago 
became weaker and from then on was confined to bed.

     He was born in Lawrence county, near Rock Point, on the 
7th of June, 1866, son of John and Mary Jane Cole Marshall.  
His parents, descended from early settlers here, had both 
been born in this county.

     Mr. Marshall married Genevieve Cunningham and he lost 
her by death five years ago last December.  He was also 
preceded in death by his sister, Mrs. Margaret Hazen, of 
Frisco, Beaver County, a year ago last January.

     Surviving are two sons, Harold, who resides in Wampum 
and who has for some years been a partner with his father in 
their undertaking business, and Charles, of Sharon, three 
daughters, Mrs. Joseph McIlvenny, of Bessemer, Mrs. Oscar 
Dahl, of Wayne avenue, Ellwood City, and Mrs. H. H. Davis, 
of Fifth street, Ellwood City, and thirteen grandchildren.

     It was nearly 33 years ago that Mr. Marshall bought the 
old Buchanan property in Wampum and went into the furniture 
and undertaking business.  A few years later there was a 
series of disastrous fires in that community and Mr. 
Marshall first lost his stables then his furniture store.  
From that time since he confined his activities to funeral 
directing and built up an enviable reputation for ability 
and honesty.

     He was a member of the Frist Presbyterian church of 
Wampum and served as an elder for many years.  He was active 
in Sunday school work in his church and in the county, 
having served as president of the Lawrence County Sabbath 
School Association and as vice president.

     He was a charter member of the Lawrence County Funeral 
Directors Association.  Previous to going into that 
profession in 1905 he was in the hardware business at 
Wampum.  The community had great respect for him during all 
of his long years of residence there and he was a member of 
the Borough Council when he died.  He had been on the 
council sixteen years.

     He was a member of Meridian Lodge No. 411, F. & A. M., 
of Enon Valley, the New Castle Consistory and the Pittsburgh 
Shrine.

     The body will be at the home of his son, Harold 
Marshall, in Wampum, over Sunday, it is announced, but 
funeral arrangements are as yet incomplete and will be 
announced in Monday's news."

New Castle News, June 16, 1937] 

Marshall Services Wampum suspended most of its activity 
from 1:30 to 3 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon while funeral 
services were conducted in the Wampum Presbyterian church 
for David M. Marshall, one of the town's most beloved 
residents and prominent as a funeral director in this 
district for over 30 years. The stores of the district were 
closed during the services. Throngs gathered early at the 
church and when the hour of service arrived the crowd was 
too great to be accomodated. The rites were most 
impressive......... Interment was made in Oak Park cemetery 
in New Castle.

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