Robert Marshall

Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | January 11, 2017

Robert Marshall, 89 of Clairton, Pennsylvania, quietly departed this Earthly life on Sunday, January 8, 2017 in Southwestern Health Center. He was born July 14, 1927 in Clairton, and was the son of the late Albert Marshall and Lillie Jones. He was preceded in death by sons, Robert “Bobby” Marshall, Jr. and David Marshall; brothers, Charles “Wylie” Marshall, Herbert Marshall and James Marshall and sisters, Virginia Phillips, Martha Marshall, Mary Oliver and adopted sister Madge Phillips.

He was a lifelong member of Gethsemane Church of God in Christ, Clairton. He retired from US Steel, where here worked in Masonry and later on in the Batteries. He was a man of many talents, including cooking, and loved people of all ages, from all backgrounds and walks of life.

Survivors include his loving wife, Theretha L. Marshall of Clairton; daughter, Robynn Marshall of West Mifflin; four sons, Harold (Norma) Allen of McKeesport, Jonathan (TaTanise) Marshall of Homestead, Paul Marshall of
West Mifflin, and Raymond Marshall of Winston-Salem, NC; adopted son, John “West” Batch of NC; twenty-five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; brother, Eugene Marshall of Clairton and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Friends will be received Thursday, January 12, 2017 from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Gethsemane Church of God in Christ, 200 Crest Street, Clairton, Pennsylvania, where services will be held Friday, January 13, 2017 at 11:00 am with Elder Melvin Brown, officiating.

Interment will follow in the Birmingham Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Arrangements entrusted to the Robert A. Waters Funeral Home, Inc., Clairton, PA.

Originally published January 11, 2017.

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