Franklin Austin Marsh

Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, age 87, was reunited with his beloved Judy on August 27, 2025. She preceded him in death on September 13, 2013. He was surrounded by his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who held his hand and kissed him goodbye.

Franklin Austin Marsh was born on April 4, 1938, in Superior Wyoming to Franklin Adolphus Marsh and Genevieve Sophia Waszkiewicz.

After high school Frank served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints in the southern states mission. After he returned home, he served in the Army.

In the summer of 1961, he met his sweetheart Judy Carol Angell at a young adult ward in Moab, Utah. After that summer, she returned home to Magna. In a love letter to Frank, Judy wrote that she would give two cents to spend her vacation in Moab to be with him. He responded with his own love letter with two cents enclosed. Three months later on December 8, 1961, they were sealed in the Salt Lake City temple for time and all eternity. During their 51 years of marriage, they had three daughters and three sons whom they loved and adored.

Frank was an entrepreneur and developed his own companies for work, including a janitorial business, a glove sales business, and a four-wheel bicycle business.

Frank loved to serve in the temple, a place where he felt at peace. He served as a temple worker in several locations. Most recently in the Jordan River Temple.

After retirement, Frank and Judy served a mission together in South Dakota for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“Grandpa duck” was a great big kid. He loved children and making them smile, speaking to them in “duck talk”. Quack-quack!

He is survived by a brother Chet, and by his six children: daughters Marilee (Rogelio) Mendiola, Cindy Bytheway, and Kathy (George) Chavez; sons Michael (Janna) Marsh, David (Dianna) Marsh, and John Marsh. He has 24 Grandchildren and 14 Great-Grandchildren.

A viewing will be held on Sunday August 31, 2025, between 5-7 pm at Valley View funeral home: 4335 W. 4100 S., in West Valley City, Utah.

A viewing will be held at 11 am, followed by the funeral service at noon, on Tuesday September 2, 2025, at the LDS church building located at 3305 South Scottsdale Drive in West Valley City, Utah.

We would like to thank the staff at William E. Christoffersen Salt Lake Veterans Home for caring for our father during the last few years of his life. We also would like to thank staff at Canyon Hospice for caring for our father for the last few weeks of his life.

Dad loved the quote from Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, “Are you saying I can fly? I say you are free.”

Dad, your life was a blessing. Your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure!