Noted Attorney From Charleston Dies at Age 73 CHARLESTON, Ill. Thomas L. Marshall, 73, a retired Chicago attorney and former Charleston resident, died Thursday after a brief illness while vacationing in La Jolla, Calif. The body will be returned to Charleston for private funeral services.
Mr. Marshall was born Oct. 29, 1890, in Charleston, the son of Judge John Hart and Minta Linder Marshall. After attending Eastern Illinois University, he was graduated from Yale University and the Harvard Law School. Mr. Marshall began his law practice with the legal department of the Illinois Central Railroad and practiced in Charleston two years. Until his retirement in 1959, he was senior partner in the law firm of Dell, Boyd, Marshall & Lloyd. He was a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 1952 to 1963, serving as president briefly in 1960-61, and was a trustee of the Chicago Historical Society. Surviving are his widow, the former Elizabeth Carpenter; two sons, John H. and Thomas C, and three grandchildren.
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FUNERAL. MARSHALL, Thomas L. of 1320 N. State St. Chicago, Ill., died April 30 at LaJolla, Calif. Husband of Elizabeth Carpenter Marshall, father of John Hart and Thomas Carpenter Marshall, grandfather of Thomas Carpenter Jr., Deborah L. and Nancy H. Marshall. Services will be at Charleston, Ill. for immediate family only. No flowers, please.
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