Marshall was born Jan 8th, 1933, in Wyandotte County, KS to parents Geronimo and Francisca Flores Mejia. He joined the Army in 1955 and served in the Korean War remaining state side at Fort Lewis, Washington. After the war he started working at Armour Meat Packing Company for over 30 years. After retirement he worked for Hospital Linen Supply as a maintenance man working on large laundry machines. Marshall also worked several nights a week for a cleaning company for several years and got the whole family involved. He taught the girls valuable lessons in sweeping, dusting & taking out the trash. He knew nothing about child labor laws and didn’t care. Marshall was always willing to help his family & friends. He always put others ahead of himself and had a heart of gold! He was one of the most selfless men you could have ever met.
Marshall was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Juanita Rodriquez; his parents; brothers; Alfred, Leonard, Lawrence; sisters Helen Nunez, Connie Garcia and Mary Reyes. Marshall is survived by daughters; Rita (Charles) Gilkison, Marie Perez, Gloria (Martin) Olvera, Lisa Mejia; sons Richard Mejia, Daniel Mejia, 10 grandchildren; Nicole Gilkison, Cerise Totton, Martin Jr. Perez, Martina Hall (Luke), Mercedes White, Ashley Lanning (Justin), Alyssa Olvera, Andrew & Andrea Lopez and Stephanie Mejia, 10 great-grandchildren; Gabriel & Maria Totton, Messiah Coreas, Alora & Zeitel Hall, Mylah Bigelow, Isabella & Hadley Lanning, Julian Kinnie and Michael Doyle and 2 great-great-grandchildren; Nyla and Nevaeh Totton
The family would like to thank all the people for their kind thoughts & prayers.
Visitation will be 9:00am to 10:00am, followed by a funeral mass at 10:00am, Saturday, December 12 at Coronation of Our Lady Parish, 13000 Bennington Avenue, Grandview, MO 64030.
