Goodbye to a friend

Goodbye to a friend

CEDAR RAPIDS - Pat Marshall of Cedar Rapids, a longtime union and Democratic activist, has died.

Marshall, a member of the Democratic National Committee for the past 20 years, died Saturday afternoon.

Marshall, 73, was considered a "role model for a lot of women active in politics," according to Iowa Democratic Party Vice Chair Julie Thomas of Cedar Rapids. Marshall had intended to attend the party's national convention in Boston last month, but she couldn't because of cancer-related complications and a stroke earlier this summer...

I first got to know Pat back in 1992 when we overthrew the government together. She stuck up for me when I needed it back then and we stayed friends after that campaign. She was always bright and positive and she took a great interest in my daughter. Pat was a good friend and a great Democrat.