Adele Marie Marshall, 92, of Austin, Texas passed away December 26, 2020 at home. She was preceded in death by her parents Leon Juan Chapa and Luz Martinez Chapa, her siblings Johnny, Amelia, Maximo, Grace, Felipa and Dolores. She was also preceded in death by the father of her children, Raymond Baskin Marshall and a son, James Ray Marshall.
She is survived by her husband, James R.W. Medina, of Austin, TX, a son, Mark Baskin Marshall, and his wife, Lisa, of Mooresboro, North Carolina, James A.W. Medina, Diana Medina, Jolene Medina, Christine Medina, Bonita Medina, 26 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Adele was born in 1928 in Mercedes, Texas. She moved to Alaska in the early 1950’s and was soon followed by her sisters, Dolores, Grace and Felipa. She met and married Raymond Marshall in 1954, raised two boys, Jimmy and Mark, and was involved in several family businesses. They were together until Raymond’s death in 1978.
Adele later met James Medina and married in Reno, Nevada in 1982. Together they owned and operated Texas Tax Service which James continues today.