Today at 11am we lost our neighborhood's only surviving World War II veteran - Web Marshall - to complications of Parkinson's, Diabetes, and Alzheimer's. He was 80.
Sherry remembers him as a lively and humorous man when she was growing up, always helpful and filled with jokes and cool stickers for the kid bikes in the neighborhood. He is credited for cutting down one of the most irritating trees in our backyard in the 1970s (I wasn't around then). Web was retired all the time I knew him; he always waved and asked, "How you doin?" anytime I was around.
His wife Jan gave him everything he needed in later life, including the care necessary to address the multiple issues that hit him. It was a huge struggle for her, but we have tremendous respect for Jan in her efforts to make Webbie's life a bit more comfortable.
May you Rest In Peace, Mister Marshall. It's been an honor knowing you.
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