June 11, 1922 - March 22, 2020

Margaret Corinne Marshall was born June 11, 1922, in rural Humboldt County, Tennessee, near Memphis, the youngest of five brothers and sisters, and passed away on March 22, 2020, at the age of 97. She was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Morrison. At the age of two, she moved with her family to Los Angeles, settling in the Wilmington-Gardena area. She graduated from Compton High School and began study at Compton Junior College, where she met Albert Louis Marshall. After he completed his A.A. and a BA at Santa Barbara State College, they married in 1941. Their daughter April Lynne was born in 1942, and their son Donald Glenn in 1943. Albert served in the Navy as a Commanding Officer of a Patrol Torpedo boat and served in the Asian Theatre. After WWII, he went to work in the print shop at Douglas Aircraft and in 1948, he and Margaret opened Suburban Printers in South Gate. Margaret worked side by side with him, and they raised their family in South Gate. Following Albert’s passing in 1971, Margaret moved to Downey and resided there until 2015, when she entered assisted living in La Mirada and then Murrieta, where her daughter and granddaughter live. To support herself after her husband passed, she started a small business filing their patients’ insurance claims for several doctors. The business became quite successful, and both supported her and provided training for a number of women she employed over the years. Raised in the Baptist Church, Margaret became an Episcopalian in the early 1950s and was a stalwart member and supporter of St. Margaret’s Church, South Gate, and a member of the Choir and Vestry for many years. She was a dedicated supporter of the Downey Symphony for many years. Her home was always a welcoming center for her son and daughter’s friends, who had great affection for her and found in her a listening and accepting ear. She was an intelligent and insightful student of psychology and always strove to understand sympathetically why people acted as they did. She loved her family and stood by them whatever the challenge they faced. She always enjoyed reading and was a stickler for correct grammar and clear and correct pronunciation. She had a lively curiosity and loved learning from everyone she met. She also loved California, and after a short time in Miami when Albert was receiving naval training there, she never left California and never wished to do so. She is survived by her daughter April, son Donald, grandchildren January King, Stephanie Marshall, and Zachary Marshall, step-granddaughter Bonnie Ingle, great-grandchildren Skyler King, J.B. Sierra, Travis Ingle, and Heather Ross, and four great-great grandchildren. Her Christian faith was her consolation and her hope. She will be laid to rest in a private graveside service.