Carl Richard “Bud” Marsh
February 22, 1938 - June 3, 2025
Carl Richard “Bud” Marsh, age 87, of Newark, DE, passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
Born in Piedmont, WV on February 22, 1938, he was a son of the late Otis James and Ethelyn Lewis (Crawford) Marsh. Bud proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy and began his basic training in Bainbridge Maryland and then went on to serve on the USS Forrestal in the V-4 Fuels Unit. He made his career as a department supervisor in the cutting department for Westvaco Corporation from 1965 until his retirement in 1993. Bud was an extremely talented machinist and enjoyed working in his motor machine shop rebuilding motors and making car parts. He was very handy and could fix everything. In his younger years, he loved fishing with his work buddies, Fred and Joe and also with his longtime neighbor and friend Phil.
In addition to his parents, Bud was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Ann (Foutz) Marsh; brother, James Marsh; and sister, Margaret June Hartman. He is survived by his children, Krista Herbein (Kevin), James Marsh, and David Marsh (Jennifer); grandchildren, Riley Herbein (Alexis), Kelsey Herbein, and David Marsh, Jr. (Aline); and his great-grandchildren that he adored, Jaxson David Herbein, and Brynlee Ryan Herbein.
A visitation for family and friends will be held from 10 am until 11 am on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home, 121 West Park Place, Newark, DE, where a memorial service will begin at 11 am. Inurnment will be held privately at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Bear, DE.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Bud’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or online by clicking here.
Agee Brown
Krista, Jim, David and family,
I can not begin to tell you how sorry I was to hear about Bud’s passing. I cant think about my childhood in Robscott without thinking of all of you and your Wonderful Mom and Dad. I cant ever recall a time that I didnt see that giant smile on Bud’s face. A person just couldnt be around your family and not smile. I hold dear to those memories and remembering all of you. My thoughts and prayers are with you as you navigate the difficult times ahead. Love you all so much!
Agee
Dianne Siebold
I’m so sorry for your loss. Your dad was the best neighbor, EVER. I loved him and I will miss him. I enjoyed stopping by to chat with him when I was in Newark.
Donna Siebold
Krista, Jim and David,
I was so sorry to hear about the loss of your father. He was such a lovely man. His smile never changed. One of my fondest memories was of him when he built his garage. He had a real tool of an inspector who made him keep digging the footers for the garage deeper and deeper. I think he ended up putting them in at 48 or 60 inches. When if I am not mistaken they should have needed to be a few inches below the frost line! And, I think he dug those things by hand! He was a great neighbor, and will be very missed.
Donna
Dennis Bowers
My Forman an friend for 20 years .so sorry for your loss.
Matt Smolka
I worked with Bud at westvaco great guy. He did a welding job on my seats of my VW bug. You should have seen him run for the fire extinguisher when it caught on fire. Lol.