Anita Helen Marshall

Anita Helen (Bendt) Marshall, daughter of Herman J. Bendt and Magdalena Johanna (Hansen) Bendt, was born on August 23, 1918, at her parent's farm in Pottawattamie County, near Dumfries, Iowa. Anita was baptized and confirmed as a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church at Mineola, Iowa. She attended country school and had perfect attendance for 6 out of 8 years.
On February 1, 1939, she was united in marriage to George T. Marshall at Rockport, Missouri. This union lasted over 60 years, until George died on July 13, 1999. They established their home on the family farm northeast of Silver City, where she lived for over 71 years. To this union six children were born, George Jr., Harold, Edward, Margaret, Terry, and Dale.
She was an accomplished farm wife, who raised chickens, fed livestock, milked cows, tended a large vegetable and flower garden, and mended clothes. In addition, she took pride in being a very good baker and cook. She loved new cars, and she enjoyed spending time with her family.
She loved to travel and went on many fishing trips to Canada with George. She, also, took many trips with the Heritage Club. At the age of 87, she started traveling the world with her son. They went to China, where she walked on the Great Wall. They made stops in Hawaii and Japan. At 88 they went to Paris, and she visited the Louvre and Chateau de Versailles. Then they rode a train through Belgium to visit Germany, her motherland. In 2007, they went through the Panama Canal, and she visited the pyramids in the State of Yucatan, Mexico. At 89 they went to Rome and she saw the Coliseum and Vatican, she visited Assisi and the ruins of Pompeii. At 90 they went on her last trip to Alaska. She went to Point Barrow, also, called the top of the world, and she visited Mount McKinley at Denali National Park.
On February 23, 2013, she passed away at Council Bluffs, Iowa, at the age of 94 years and 6 months. In addition to her husband, George, Anita was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Helen Bendt, her son Harold, her sisters, Vera Schroeder and Mildred Powles, and her brother, Earl Bendt.
She is survived by her remaining 5 children, and their spouses, George Jr. and Linda Marshall, Edward Marshall and Shirley Hill-Marshall, Margaret and Sam Delavan, Terry and Vanessa Marshall, Dale and Resa Marshall, and her seven grandchildren, Marshall W. Delavan, Dirk J. and Amy Marshall, George J. Marshall III, Tanita J. and Patrick Newlon, Anissa H. and Timothy Schoenhofen, Jonathan K. Marshall, and Christopher T. Hill and Kimberly Denton-Hill. She, also, leaves behind ten great grandchildren, Alec Wade Delavan, Austin James Marshall, Taylor Ann Marshall, Madison Laura Marshall, Lindsey Lee Marshall, Carrington Hope Newlon, Ava Kennedy Denton, Mara Christine Hill, Chase Marshall Schoenhofen, and Emmalin Lainne Newlon along with nieces, nephews, and numerous friends.
Memorials directed to the family.