EDWARD MARSTON OBITUARY
83, a long time North Andover resident, died on February 15, after a long illness. Mr. Marston was educated at the Huntington School for Boys and Bowdoin College, class of 1946. During World War II, he served as a 1st Lt Carrier Fighter Pilot in the United States Naval Air Force. Mr. Marston wore many hats and served in various capacities throughout his adult life. He was President of the Lawrence Cooperative Bank, the Malden Cooperative Bank, and was the Chairman of Pioneer Financial Bank. He was also the President of the Lawrence Rotary Club, the North Andover Country Club the North Andover Historical Society, the Malden Chamber of Commerce and the Massachusetts Cooperative Bank League. He was a board member of the Cooperative Central Bank Trust, and was a Trustee of the Ridgewood Cemetery Association. Later in retirement, (1984) he served as President of the Davenport Memorial Foundation until (2001). Mr. Marston had a passion for adventure! The highlight of his youth was a decade of summers spent at the Medomac Camp in Washington County, Maine, where he was both a camper then a camp and trip counselor. In 1971 he canoed the Allagash River Waterway with his two sons. Years later, he and his wife Suzanne, who predeceased him in 1998, enjoyed sailing the coast of New England in their classic sloop, TI. In addition, Mr. Marston crewed on the Marion-Bermuda Race in 1994 and 1996. Mr. Marston's family was central to his life. He is survived by two sons, Stevens C., of Shelburne Falls, MA, Gregg A. of Charlotte, VT, and a daughter Cynthia M. Rentz of Cherry Hills Village, CO., their spouses and six grandchildren whom he adored; and his present wife Leola Hancock Marston, her two daughters, Sally Ruport of Colorado Springs, CO and Susan Kessler of Lloyd Harbor, New York, their spouses and one granddaughter. At the request of the family there are no calling hours. Burial at the Ridgewood Cemetery will be private. Friends are invited to memorial services at The Second Congregational Church, Route 124, West Boxford, MA, at 11:30 AM, Saturday, February 24, 2007. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Cancer Management Center, Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, Massachusetts. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dewhirst and Conte Funeral Home of NO ANDOVER.
Published by Boston Globe on Feb. 17, 2007.