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IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Jack Stanton

Jack Stanton Pearson Marshall Profile Photo

Pearson Marshall

April 28, 1929 – December 1, 2018

Obituary

Ivins, Utah - Jack Stanton Pearson Marshall was born on April 28, 1929 in Topeka, Kansas to Helen Lucille Orr and Stanton Lawson Pearson. Jack's great great-grandfather was a territorial Governor of Kansas, the Hon. Frederick P. Stanton. After his parent's divorce in 1934, Helen married Donald Marshall who later adopted him. Jack married Beverly Canty, on December 26, 1953. They met while they were both students at the University of Colorado. He grew up in Kimball, Nebraska on a wheat farm and enjoyed many happy times there. He graduated with honors from Kemper Military School (high school) in Boonville, Missouri in 1947. He attended the University of Colorado until he went into officer's training at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He was a Second Lieutenant in the US Army infantry in the Korean War and received a Bronze Star for heroism in ground combat in 1953. He was wounded and also received a Purple Heart. Two Korean boys saved his life by placing a tourniquet on his leg. Other decorations from the Korean War were a United Nations Service Medal and a Meritorious Unit Commendation. After the war he continued his education and received his Master's degree in 1956 from the U of Colorado, and later earned his doctorate (Ph.D) in biology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His career as a ecologist/limnologist (fresh water lakes) took him to Aiken, S.C. working for the Savannah River Plant/Dupont, and he worked for the Atomic Energy Commission in Germantown, MD in the late 60s and early 70s. Next he worked at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois until the late 70s where he worked on studying radiation effects on the Great Lakes. Jack was mentioned once in an article by Jacques Cousteau the oceanographer in Saturday Review magazine while working at Argonne Nat'l Lab. Due to President Reagan's cutbacks in the early 80s he retired early and moved to Utah, where several of their children resided. They moved to St. George, Utah in 1981 and later built a home in Ivins, UT where he lived until 6 years after losing his beloved wife Beverly. He then moved to the Southern Utah Veteran's home where he lived for nearly 4 years. He would have been 90 on his next birthday, so we are giving him that!
Jack and Bev enjoyed hiking and climbed Pikes Peak in Colorado together a couple of times. In their later years they loved backpacking and hiking in Pine Valley, UT and many other places in the southwest. Dad loved the outdoors and nature and once remarked that being outdoors were his happiest times. He and Bev took their 2nd honeymoon from SC and went back to Colorado and hiked Pikes Peak again! This was for their 10 year anniversary. Many wonderful times when the children were growing up were spent sailing and camping in South Carolina and Door County, Wisconsin. He was very happy to retire in Utah, so close to his parents and brother, Bart and sister, Janet and their families in Arizona. After moving around so much for so many years he was finally able to spend some time with his mom and dad, brother and sister in Tucson, AZ. He especially enjoyed spending time with brother, Bart and sis in law Char in San Diego on Bart's dream boat, which he kept in the marina there. They also were able to go to the beach in Mexico with his family from Tucson. Any time Dad was near water he was happy. His mother once did a needlepoint for him that said, "God Does Not Deduct from Man's Allotted Time, the Hours Spent in Sailing"!
Dad loved teaching his kids and grandkids about just about anything. If you asked him a question you had to be prepared to get a very lengthy answer! He was a voracious reader and a connoisseur of classical music. He decided to learn how to play the piano when he was in his late 70s. He took lessons and practiced all the time. He learned to play many difficult pieces and eventually played the song played at his wedding, 'To A Wild Rose'. In later years, he had a passion for opera and ballet. He also became a wonderful gardener in his retirement years. His rose bushes were beautiful and he planted many trees, bushes, built trellises and had grapevines. He created a pond as well, complete with rockwork, lilypads and fish. He built furniture as well.
After his sweetheart, Beverly, passed away in 2008, he continued their regular Sunday dinners with their sons in Ivins, Bill and Steve. He loved to cook out on his grill.
Jack is survived by 7 children, 20 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren. Survivors include Linda (Craig) Flowers, Robert (Nancy) Marshall, William Marshall, Cherlyn (Lonnie) Johnson, Steve Marshall, Suzanne (Todd Snow) Jensen, and Barbie (Ahmed Nabhani) Marshall. It made dad so very happy in his last days that his son, Bill, was united with a daughter, Katie, and 3 grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Janet Gates of Tucson Arizona and nieces and nephews there. He was preceded in death by his father Stanton Lawson Pearson, his mother Helen Orr Marshall, his dad Donald Marshall, and his beloved brother Barton T. Marshall.
He was devoted to his wife Beverly and their family meant everything to him. He was challenged with Alzheimer's in his last years but still enjoyed many happy days. We are so thankful for the care and love he was shown at the Southern Utah Veteran's home. I'd like to mention a few of Dad's angels there, but there are many more, you know who you are. Thanks to Brittany, Marianne, Jaime, Mariah, Kathrine, Bryson, LaChelle, Brent, Maggie, Kylie, Bailey, Kerry, Hannah, Cindy, Carl, Paul, Tina, Brian, Sherrie, and so many more from 4th floor and the facility. Thank you for helping Dad through some difficult times. I love you all and will never forget your tender, loving, care. Also thankful for the camaraderie of Dad's fellow veteran friends and their families who support each other. One last note, Marianne... you are all of the guys "Sunshine". And ours. They love you and singing with you and doing just anything with you! You're amazing with our veterans and their families.
Jack and Beverly will be laid to rest together-forever in the Ivins City Cemetery.
Memorial services will be held Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 West St. George Blvd., St. George, Utah.
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288 West Saint George Boulevard, St. George, UT 84770

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