OBITUARY
The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Washington,
Monday, June 3, 1918
JOHN
J. MARSH
IS CALLED BY
DEATH
Veteran Fire Chief
Passes Away
At Local Hospital
After Brief
Illness -- Funeral To
Be Held
Tomorrow Morning.
One of Bellingham's
most genial citizens and for nearly twenty-five years employed in the fire
department of this city, half of that time as its chief, died at St. Joseph’s
Hospital at 10:45 o’clock Saturday night after an illness of ten days, and six
days after he was taken to the hospital. He was conscious a short time before
his death and conversed with members of his family just before the final hour.
The funeral will be
held tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock at the Church of the Assumption, with the
Rev. Father James Barrett officiating. Interment will be made in Bay View
Cemetery under the direction of Harry O. Bingham.
Mr. Marsh was one of
the first volunteer firemen of the city and as head of the city department he was
one of the most efficient fire fighting experts on the coast. He was recognized
as an authority on fire prevention and was for a time vice president of the
Pacific Fire Chiefs’ association. About the first of the year he retired as
chief of the fire department to become marshal for the government of the
Pacific American Fisheries shipyards, and he had just completed the
organization of a fire fighting company there when taken ill. Mr. Marsh was
very sociable, made friends quickly and held them. He was born in Ireland. He
was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, of which he was for years
president; Elks Lodge No. 194; the Eagles and the Modern Woodmen and of the
Church of the Assumption.
Mr. Marsh is survived
by Mrs. Marsh; one daughter, Miss Mary M. Marsh; one son, Robert F. Marsh, of
Bellingham; by his mother, Mrs. Robert Marsh, of O’Neill, Neb.; two brothers
and three sisters, M.J. Marsh, Bellingham; Robert Marsh, O’Neill, Neb.; Mrs.
Anna Jennings, Park City, Utah; Mrs. John Hunt, Omaha, and Mrs. Tim Hanley, O’Neill,
Neb.
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