Stanley Marshall Memoriam

Stan Marshall, age 84, passed away April 17, 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On this anniversary of his passing he is still loved, respected and greatly missed by family and friends. On March 26, 1925 Stan was born in Sioux City Iowa. His family moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1938 where his father died unexpectedly when he was 16 years old. His mother raised him, his two older brothers and younger sister as a widower, never remarrying. His nickname was "Suds" because he was a toe head blond up through his teenage years. He is survived by his sister, Mary Carolyn Schmidt who still lives in Wichita. His older brothers, David Stewart Marshall and Scott William Marshall had preceded him in passing. On July 5, 1943 Stan enlisted in the Naval Air Corp. He reported to the University of Kansas as a Midshipman where he studied aeronautical engineering prior to flight school. In December of 1944 he was transferred to NAS Olathe, Kansas for Preflight School and on to Primary Flight School at NAS Pensacola where he soled in the Stearman PT-13. In Advanced Flight Training he flew the Navy SNJ-6 and was qualified on the F4U Corsair when the war ended in 1945. There was a surplus of pilots in the Navy after the war so Stan elected to go back to Wichita. There he received a B.A. in Business and Economics at the University of Wichita. He later received a graduate degree from the Financial School of Management at Stanford University in 1965. In 1948 he married Margaret Louise Yeager and began his 36-year career with Standard Oil. Marge and Stan were married on April 3, 1948. They had three children, Stanley (Skip) G. Marshall II, Marilyn Louise Stombaugh and Melinda Marie Gover, 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Standard Oil relocated the family to 8 various cities throughout his career. While with Standard Oil he advanced through a wide range of administrative positions to Credit and Financial Manager of the Amoco Credit Card Operation in Des Moines, Iowa where he retired in February 1984. Marge and Stan moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado that same year to fulfill their retirement dream. While in retirement in Colorado Springs he pursued numerous volunteer community endeavors. An active long term Rotarian he also served as a counselor and Chairman of the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) for 6 years. He was on the Foundation Board of Governors at Metro State College in Denver, and served as financial chairman of St. Paul's Catholic Church for five years. He was also active with St. Paul's food pantry. Stan served as Oakmont town home HOA Treasurer for 2 years, as Architectural Control for 2 years and was on the board of directors when he passed away. Other organizations he participated in were the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, Board member of the West Des Moines Human Services organization, Director of the American Petroleum Credit Association and President / Director of the National Association of Credit Managers. He was an active member of the World Affairs Council, Winter Nights and along with Marge sponsored and regularly attended the Colorado Springs Symphony. He volunteered at the Olympic Training Center and was a regular at the daily Rock Pile coffee gathering. Stan was one of the original founders of the Argonauts, a retired couple's social organization, and was the first dues paying member of the Rocky Mountain Roosters hunting club. He was a very avid bird hunter and enjoyed some big game hunting. Fishing was probably his favorite pastime passion especially in Canada. Although he loved Colorado fly-fishing he organized the first Dore Lake Fishing trip to Saskatchewan, Canada for Argonauts and friends in 1985. The trip became an annual event continued after his passing and this year will be its 25th year in a row. For the first 15 years Stan prepared the menus, bought all the food and then drove it up 1300 miles to Dore Lake. Then he cooked all the meals for up to 16 men, for up to two weeks on some of these trips, until he passed the logistic baton to Joe Carroll in 2000. Besides frying his catch of Northern Pike and Walleye his favorite recipe was for his "pickled pike". Cocktails with Stan would not go by without an offer of "pickled pike" and probably his insistence to take a jar home. Services were held at St. Paul's Catholic Church on April 22, 2009. He is inurned in one of the family niches at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Spring, Colorado. He faces north toward his beloved Dore Lake. Stan was a beloved friend and father. He is greatly missed.