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Pray for the soul of +Marsha Conway Salter (9/1/1946 - 2/22/2022)
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+Marsha Conway Salter, a longtime Basilica parishioner, passed on Feb. 22, 2022, following a period of illness. She and her husband Jim had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Basilica in 2019.
Visitation will be held at the Basilica on Saturday, March 19, at 12:30pm, followed by her funeral Mass at 1:30pm. There will be a reception in Varallo Parish Hall following the Mass.
Please pray for the repose of Marsha's soul.
Obituary
Marsha Conway Salter passed away on February 22, 2022. She was a lifelong resident of Chattanooga. She was a graduate of Notre Dame High School and the University of Chattanooga.
Marsha taught at Saint Francis School and All Saints Academy for 13 years and retired from Girl Scouts of Moccasin Bend Council after 23 years of service. Children were her life’s work!
Marsha was active in many organizations throughout her life. She was a member of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul where she served on the Parish Council for a number of years and as the council chairperson. She was also an active member of the Lector Ministry. She served on the Notre Dame School Board for many years.
Marsha was involved in the League of Women Voters all her adult life. She served as president of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County League for many years as well as other positions. She was a former member of the Tri-State Scorers and Umpires Association. She umpired at many of the softball and baseball fields in the Chattanooga area. She was also a swim referee for the Chattanooga Area Swim League for over 20 years. Marsha was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and held several positions while at the university. She remained actively involved as an alumna.
Marsha was most known for her Irish background and along with her husband Jim for their St. Patrick’s Day Parties!
Marsha was preceded in death by her parents Jane and Joe Conway and her brother William G. Conway.
She is survived by her husband James Loring Salter. They were married for 53 years. She is also survived by their daughter Margaret Paige Salter Hassel and her husband Jim and grandsons Christopher and Brett of Bartlett, TN. She is survived by her brothers Steve Conway, his wife Charla Conway of Chattanooga and Joe Conway (Sharon Suggs) of San Leandro, CA. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law Sarah Salter and Jan Conway; brother-in-law Kirk Salter; nephews Ian and Will Conway and nieces Clare Conway and Kate Salter Goode, her dear cousins Donna Thurman of Bartlett, TN, Patrick Conway of Pittsburgh, PA and also by many friends both recent and lifelong.
Honorary pallbearers are her former All Saints Academy Students and faculty, Alpha Delta Pi Sisters, and the Notre Dame High School Class of 1964.
A funeral Mass of Christian burial will be held at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul on March 19th at 1:30pm. Visitation will be 1 hour before Mass and a reception in the parish hall afterwards. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a contribution to the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul at 214 East Eighth Street, 37402 or to Notre Dame High School at 2701 Vermont Avenue, 37404,
Arrangements are by the John Franklin Funeral Home. Share condolences and memories at www.johnpfranklinfh.com.Reflections
Marsha prepared the following reflections and prayers before she passed away:
"When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I would have not a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me Lord." -Erma Bombeck
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life._______________Funeral arrangements by the John P. Franklin Funeral Home. Visit Marsha's page here.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May +Marsha's soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
