Marshall Melchert

Marshall Lane Melchert
Marshall was never in a hurry to get anywhere; some would say that he traveled through life at a slow speed - seemingly always in neutral. But today we learn that perhaps this was because he knew better than all of us that life is to be savored.
It is with great sadness, that after just 37 years, we must say good bye to our loving son, caring brother, kind uncle, and dear friend, as Marshall Lane Melchert was called to receive his angel wings on December 23, 2013. Marshall's time with us here on Earth could be deemed too short, and his passing comes when we are to be celebrating life - in welcoming that of our Savior's birth; however, what our mortal souls strive to understand can best be explained in the will of our Heavenly Father, for "if we have died in him, we shall (too) live with him."
Marshall was born June 9, 1976, in Green Bay, Wis. He attended Freedom schools, just outside of Appleton, until his freshman year of high school when his family moved to Princeton, where he would graduate from Princeton High School in 1995. Marshall strived to be an educated businessman: he held degrees in diesel equipment mechanics from Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton and in business administration from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay and Lakeland College in Sheboygan and held employment at Diesel Specialists of Green Bay, McCoy NationaLease, and Oneida Bingo and Casino.
In his spare time, Marshall was an avid moviegoer. Marshall also enjoyed hanging out and traveling with his good buddies A.J. and Dan, but it can be said with certainty that his best buddy - and partner in crime - was his 8-year-old niece, Ainsley.
Marshall was preceded in death by his grandparents, Antone and Thressa Melchert and Leonard and Alvina Schoessow, as well as many other dear family members. He is survived by his parents, Gary and Patricia (Schoessow) Melchert; his siblings Waylon Melchert, Tressa (Scott) Verber, and Jackson (Kim) Melchert; and his niece, Ainsley Verber. He is also survived by his aunt, Carol Metoxen, and numerous other aunts and uncles, cousins, and family members and friends.
Friends may call at Muehl-Boettcher Funeral Home, Seymour, on Thursday, December 26, 2013 from 4 to 8 pm. Visitation will continue on Friday, December 27, 2013 at Oneida Assembly of God Church from 9:30 am until services at 11 am with Pastor Lonnie Johnson officiating. Burial will take place in the parish cemetery.