Marshall, Lee

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Lee McCluer Marshall was born Aug 30, 1908 in Kansas City MO to M Lee and Anna McCluer Marshall. He was raised in Kansas City and Chicago. The family moved to New York City when he was a teenager. He attended the Lawrenceville Preparatory School in Lawrencevllle, N. J., and was a graduate of Brown University In Providence, R. I.

He married Marion Gardiner Mitchell on November 2, 1935 and they had two children together. In Rye his family lived at 80 Fairway Avenue.

Lee enlisted and served in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Lee was in the US Maritime Service helping transport troops across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

Before bis retirement in 1968, Lee was the vice president of advertising and marketing for the Continental Baking Co in Rye which moved from Rye to St Louis in 1985 after it was purchased by Ralston-Purina.

Active in the Rye United Way, Lee was a former head of its commercial division and served on its board of directors He was a former member of the board of directors of the Mental Health Association of Westchester County and a former trustee of the Rye YMCA.

A graduate of the Lawrenceville (NJ) School Lee graduated in 1931 from Brown University in Providence RI. He was quite a football player” said his wife of 50 years Marion. She said that in his sophomore year-on the Brown football team he set a school’ record for the longest interception return a record that stood until 1984. Lee remained football fan and had New York Giants season tickets since 1938. When the football season began it was a way of life for him his wife said “I eventually got used to it” she said

Lee was a member of Christ’s Church in Rye-He was a member of the Apawamis Club and the Manursing Island Club both in Rye a former member of the Shenorock Shore Club also in Rye a member of the Brown University clubs of New York and Westchester and the Coral Beach and Tennis Club of Bermuda.

Lee M Marshall a former executive of the Continental Baking Co in Rye died Tuesday March 18,1986 at his Rye home He was 77

In addition to his wife he was survived by one son Lee Jr of Rye one daughter Am Spencer-Arscott of Paget Bermuda and three grandchildren