Marshall Lasher Jr., 90

June 13, 1925 - May 26, 2016

Marshall Lasher Jr. passed away in his sleep on Thursday, May 26, 2016, in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Marshall and his late sister, Kathryne Heath, were born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and raised in its Sewickley Heights neighborhood. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and served on the U.S.S. Redfish 395 submarine in the South Pacific. He relocated to the San Francisco bay area after his discharge.

Marshall was a longtime resident of Piedmont, Calif., where with Jean, his late wife of 58 years, he raised four children. He spent his professional life in the steel products industry, managing western operations for Hubbard & Company and Midland Ross Corporation. An outdoorsman and avid bird hunter, he was active in Piedmont Boy Scout Troop 3 when his older son, John, was a Scout. However, he was best-known in Piedmont for his 17 years of service to the community as a Reserve Police Officer.

The Lasher family spent summer vacations in a cabin on Lake Coeur d’Alene and Marshall retired with his wife to Hayden Lake in 1990.

Marshall lost his oldest child, Cynthia Hutchins of Worley, in 2008. He is survived by his children, Marsha Young (Pleasanton, Calif.), John Lasher (Hayden Lake) and James Lasher (Fairfax, Calif.); nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; his sister-in-law, Geraldine Emory of Roseville, Calif., and her husband DeWolfe Emory; as well as five nieces and their children.

Private services will be held in Hayden Lake and Oakland, Calif. Yates Funeral Home has been entrusted with the care of final arrangements. Please visit Marshall’s online memorial and sign his guest book at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.