Clifford Allen Marsh, 81, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 8:25 am, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on July 27, 1941, in Wabash, to Clifford Carl and Naomi I. (Pries) Marsh.
Clifford attended Chippewa High School and Noble High School, and later earned his GED. He was a US Navy veteran serving four years during the Vietnam War. Clifford married Shirley Ann Blessing in Wabash on February 27, 1965; she died May 9, 2015. He was a member of the UAW Local 1166 and retired from Chrysler Corporation Kokomo Casting Plant with 30 years service as a Tool & Die/Mold Maker Journeyman. He taught 7 years at Ivy Tech Community College in Warsaw, as an adjunct faculty member in the Machine Tool Program. He was a member of the St. Charles Catholic Church in Peru, a member of the American Legion Post 15 in Wabash for over 50 years, and the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors.
He is survived by his special friend, JoAnn Barrows, Wabash; two children, Robert (Connie) Marsh of Columbia City, Indiana, and Sandra Marsh of Wabash, three grandchildren, Robert Scott Marsh of Morristown, Tennessee, Elias A. Marsh of Huntington, Indiana, and Josiah Marsh of Columbia City. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 50 years, Shirley Ann Marsh, and two brothers, John and Philip Marsh.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 58 W. Fifth Street, Peru, with Father Adam Mauman officiating. Burial will be in Ever Rest Memorial Park, Logansport. Friends may call 4-7 pm Monday, April 17, 2023, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash. There will be a prayer service at 7pm Monday at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Friends of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Lagro.
The memorial guest book for Clifford may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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