William Marshall
Aug. 23, 1954-June 27, 2025
William Douglas Marshall, 70, of Sweet Home, passed away June 27, 2025.
He was born Aug. 23, 1954, in Milwaukie, Wis. His parents were Margaret Eileen and Ned Larison Marshall.
Bill grew up in Hood River, graduating from Hood River Valley High School.
He attended Oregon State University for two years, then transferred to Central Oregon Community College where he graduated in Forestry.
After a short time in the Forest Service, he moved to Sweet Home where he took a job at Cascade Timber Consulting, Inc., growing and protecting trees for tomorrow!
He worked for them for 42 years.
Bill had so many interests. He tied his own flies for many fly fishing excursions, many of those trips with “Uncle” Donnie Cherrington, and later when she was old enough, a lot of them with daughter Natalie.
He loved hunting (especially with his father Ned and son Joe). Most anything was game: geese, ducks, pheasant, quail, deer, elk, beaver, mink, muskrat, squirrel, bullfrogs, grey diggers, skunks.
Part of the hunt included tasty mushrooms and all sorts of berries. Then there were butter clams, razor clams, cockles, scallops, gooey ducks.
Rock hounding was another passion Bill had fun with. He was a person who knew a colossal amount of everything.
He could give you a geography lesson on any drive, telling you why, when or how this ridge or this mountain happened to be where it is. He was eager to teach anyone anything he thought they needed to know.
He was very proud of his greenhouse and he probably would have given Johnny Appleseed a run for his money on who planted more trees.
Bill is survived by his wife, Diane Marshall of Sweet Home; son Joe (Carly) Marshall of Albany, daughter Natalie (Sam) Rivera of Scio; mother Margaret Marshall of Hood River; sisters Mary Sue Benton of Hood River, Peggy (Woody) Woodruff of Hood River, Joani (Rod) Howell of Medford; bonus son Ryan (Jenny) Daniels of Lebanon; and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ned Marshall (2017); Auntie Mair (2011); and brother-in-law Steve Benton (2018).
A celebration of life will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, at Sweet Home Elks Lodge.
In lieu of flowers or cards, donations in his memory can be made to the City of Sweet Home Sankey Park Phase 3 fund by calling (541) 367-5128 , or to the CAST for Kids Foundation by visiting castforkids.org.