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 James
Randolph Marshall, 75, of Ridgewood Road, died Sunday,
Sept. 17, 2006, at Franciscan Health Center, Duluth.
He was born Aug. 30, 1931, in Duluth. He was a man with
a big heart and was proud of being a lifelong Duluthian.
Jim was a graduate of Duluth Central
High School, class of 1949. He was a graduate of the
University of Omaha, 1954. He served his country in
the U.S. Air Force and was a veteran of the Korean War.
Jim was a salesman extraordinaire for Thermofax machines,
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and Columbia Steel
Casting Company. He and his wife, Beverly, owned and
operated Chippewa Camping Outfitters. He is remembered
as the first Bombardier Ski-Doo snowmobile dealer in
the United States. Jim outfitted and guided numerous
canoe trips into the BWCAW. He also operated a scuba
diving shop in Duluth. From 1968 until his retirement
in 2003, he worked for Columbia Steel Casting Company.
He was a charter member of Skyline Rotary, Sept. 1972,
with 25 plus years of perfect attendance. He was a member
of the Society of Mining Engineers, American Institute
of Mining Engineers, Palestine Lodge No. 79, A.F. and
A.M. Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Duluth, Kitchi
Gammi Club, Isle Royale Boaters Association, Isle Royale
Family and Friends Association. Jim was the captain
of his own boat, Skipper Sam II. He was a lifetime member
of Duluth Power Squadron and was Port Captain for Duluth
for the Great Lakes Cruising Club. Captain Jim was the
proud co-owner and chairman of Lake Superior Port Cities
Inc., publisher of Lake Superior Magazine.
His knowledge of Lake Superior, storytelling
abilities and sense of humor were legendary. He traveled
widely over Lake Superior and the hospitality of Skipper
Sam II was well known in every port he visited. He contributed
a bimonthly column in Lake Superior Magazine called
'Lake Superior Journal.' He authored the book 'Lake
Superior Journal' and was author/contributor and editor
of the book 'Shipwrecks of Lake Superior.' His efforts
were recognized this year with the Labovitz Lifetime
Achievement Award by the UMD Center for Economic Development.
Jim was preceded in death by parents,
Mildred and Rand Marshall; first wife, Beverly (Erickson)
in 1976; son, Randy Marshall in 1993. He is survived
by his wife, Jan Biga, who he married in 1991; sister,
Marjorie Eckstrom of Port Isabel, Texas; daughters,
Cindy Marshall (Paul) Hayden of Two Harbors, Minn.,
Bonnie (Jan) Reyers of Afton, Minn.; daughter-in-law,
Jackie (Dave) Smith of Duluth; step-daughters, Kay (Patrick
Spott) Biga of Duluth, Tracy (Duncan) MacLean of Claremont,
Calif.; grandchildren, William (Becky) Marshall of Coon
Rapids, Minn., Jacquelyn 'JJ' (Jim) Fortin of Superior,
Wisc., Eric Reyers of Los Angeles, Calif., Kent Reyers
of Hudson, Wisc., Anne Reyers of Afton, Minn., Robert
Hayden of Madison, Wisc., Scott (Ginger) Hayden of St.
Louis, Mo., Emily, Hal and Leo Spott of Duluth, Paul
MacLean of Claremont, Calif.; mother-in-law, Myrtle
Wicklund of Duluth; six great-grandchildren, Justin,
Josie, Nicholas, Tanner, Rianna and Corrina Rose; and
four nieces. The family is grateful for his excellent
care at the Franciscan Health Center, Park Point, Duluth.
He will be greatly missed by his wife, Jan, family and
friends.
Burial was at Forest Hill Cemetery,
with military honors accorded by the Duluth Combined
Honor Guard. If so desired, memorials may be directed
to the Rotary Foundation, c/o Skyline Rotary Club @
Wherley, 4845 Miller Trunk Hwy., Hermantown, MN 55811.
You can sign his online
guestbook courtesy of the Duluth News-Tribune here.
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