Mark Taylor Marshall

On Thursday morning, November 20, 2025, Beth Marshall's "Handsome Soldier [who] swept me off my feet" returned to her embrace...

Mark, a Provo man, was the youngest child, and last surviving member of Milton Marshall and Julia Richards Taylor's 5 children. Mark often was told by his brother Paul (Carol) to prank the two oldest brothers, John [AKA Jack] (Mary) and Robert [AKA Bob] (Norene). As a result, Mark was punished. However, we all know Mark was a smart kid, so one time he pranked his older brothers on his own, then told them, "Paul told me to do it." The brothers then went and beat up Paul. After that, Paul rarely requested Mark to prank the older brothers.

Mark wasn't always up to pranks, as a kid he also showed an interest in crafts. His mother, Julia, wanted to teach his sister, Marie (Monty) Miner, knitting and crocheting. Marie had no interest in learning, but Mark did. He went on to learn and then made several sweaters and a big cotton blanket. Mark continued to cause mischief but survived to graduate with a B.S. in Physics from Brigham Young University -- Provo. He later joined the U. S. Army, where he was part of the Army Chemical Corps in Maryland. It was there that he encountered the love of his life, Athleen Beth Wessel. Beth and Mark married a year later in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 28, 1954, a week after Mark was discharged from the Army.

Mark and Beth then moved to Nevada and welcomed two daughters, Sheila (John) Watts and Julie (Jeff) Hoffman. California was their next stop, where they spent the next 50 years, and welcomed two more children, Keith (Cindy) and Cindy (William) Lush. Mark enjoyed working in several fields over his career in California, which included reactor operations, space testing, and computer programming.

While Mark's career was impressive, he also knew how to have fun. Other than pranks, he loved photography, electronics, woodworking, and family history. In fact, a set of glass photographic plates that chronicled the Provo area, starting in 1902 and continuing through the early 1900's, were made by Mark's grandfather, Frederick Whitaker Taylor. The glass plates eventually ended up in Mark’s possession, and he donated them to The Church of Jesus Christ’s History Museum. Mark and Beth then spent the next year on a service mission, where they cataloged & prepared the plates for storage.

As the years passed, and his family of 4 children grew to 16 grandchildren, and 42 great- grandchildren, Mark's faith grew at its own pace. On January 30, 2018, Mark was sealed to his wife and children for time and all eternity, in the Bountiful Utah Temple. Mark completed his mortal journey here on earth the way he wanted, at home, with family, and clean shaven.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025, at the Stone Creek Ward, 1476 North 300 West, Bountiful, Utah, where a viewing will take place from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services.

Services will be streamed live on the Russon Mortuary Facebook page and on this obituary page. The live stream will begin 10-15 minutes prior to services and will be posted below.