Inez L. Marshall was the daughter of Thomas Philander Marshall and Mary Plenner Marshall. After breaking her back when the truck she was driving went off the road she spent a year convalescing at her parents home. After about a year in bed she felt "called" to get out of bed and go to the front door where she spied a rock laying in the yard. The rock was brought to her and she asked her father for his knife which he furnished her. Her mother fetched her "dough board" as a work surface and Inez career as a Sculptress began. This first piece became a squirrel. Later she carved much larger pieces and housed them in her own museum, the Continental Sculpture Hall, in Abilene, Kansas. The museum was run by herself and her companion, Beulah Smith, who collected the small entrance fee according to Amy K. Levin in her book "Defining Memory". After Inez's death, her work was removed to the Grassroots Arts Center in Lucas, Kansas where it can be viewed today. Inez never married or had children.
Portis folk artist dies
Inez Marshall, 77, the Burr Oak native, who became well-known Kansas folk artist died two weeks ago in an Osborne nursing home after slipping into a coma earlier this year. Born May 19, 1907, Miss Marshall began carving stone after she broke her back in a truck accident while hauling grain. She moved to Portis in 1963 and opened the Continental Sculpture Hall. After a brief time in Abilene in the late 1960's, she returned to Portis. The work of the sculptress gained national attention earlier this year when the Rev. W. W. McDaneld, her legal guardian and friend of 30 years, found it necessary to auction her limestone collection in order to pay her medical costs. The decisison became controversial because many feared the collection would be broken up and perhaps moved from the state. Gus Foster, a Florida physician and folk art collector bought the entire collection for $26,500 and later agreed to loan major pieces of the collection to Ulrich Museum at Wichita State University, where it will be on display until Jan. 20. The University has expressed an interest in buying the partial collection from Foster. The remaining pieces are in the care of sculptor Pete Felten, Hays. Among the items in the collection is a replica of a Model "A", a 700 pound likeness of Abraham Lincoln, and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Miss Marshall is survived by four sisters, Ozella Smith, North Branch; Zo Hudiburgh, Superior; Mabel Hiatt, Salina, and June Degraff, Colorado Springs and a brother, Randolph "Pete" Marshall, Wichita. The funeral was held Oct. 27 at the Kramer Funeral Home, Mankato, with the Rev. McDaneld officiating. Burial was in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Nov 8, 1984, Superior Express
Portis folk artist dies
Inez Marshall, 77, the Burr Oak native, who became well-known Kansas folk artist died two weeks ago in an Osborne nursing home after slipping into a coma earlier this year. Born May 19, 1907, Miss Marshall began carving stone after she broke her back in a truck accident while hauling grain. She moved to Portis in 1963 and opened the Continental Sculpture Hall. After a brief time in Abilene in the late 1960's, she returned to Portis. The work of the sculptress gained national attention earlier this year when the Rev. W. W. McDaneld, her legal guardian and friend of 30 years, found it necessary to auction her limestone collection in order to pay her medical costs. The decisison became controversial because many feared the collection would be broken up and perhaps moved from the state. Gus Foster, a Florida physician and folk art collector bought the entire collection for $26,500 and later agreed to loan major pieces of the collection to Ulrich Museum at Wichita State University, where it will be on display until Jan. 20. The University has expressed an interest in buying the partial collection from Foster. The remaining pieces are in the care of sculptor Pete Felten, Hays. Among the items in the collection is a replica of a Model "A", a 700 pound likeness of Abraham Lincoln, and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Miss Marshall is survived by four sisters, Ozella Smith, North Branch; Zo Hudiburgh, Superior; Mabel Hiatt, Salina, and June Degraff, Colorado Springs and a brother, Randolph "Pete" Marshall, Wichita. The funeral was held Oct. 27 at the Kramer Funeral Home, Mankato, with the Rev. McDaneld officiating. Burial was in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Nov 8, 1984, Superior Express
Inez L. Marshall was the daughter of Thomas Philander Marshall and Mary Plenner Marshall. After breaking her back when the truck she was driving went off the road she spent a year convalescing at her parents home. After about a year in bed she felt "called" to get out of bed and go to the front door where she spied a rock laying in the yard. The rock was brought to her and she asked her father for his knife which he furnished her. Her mother fetched her "dough board" as a work surface and Inez career as a Sculptress began. This first piece became a squirrel. Later she carved much larger pieces and housed them in her own museum, the Continental Sculpture Hall, in Abilene, Kansas. The museum was run by herself and her companion, Beulah Smith, who collected the small entrance fee according to Amy K. Levin in her book "Defining Memory". After Inez's death, her work was removed to the Grassroots Arts Center in Lucas, Kansas where it can be viewed today. Inez never married or had children.
Portis folk artist dies
Inez Marshall, 77, the Burr Oak native, who became well-known Kansas folk artist died two weeks ago in an Osborne nursing home after slipping into a coma earlier this year. Born May 19, 1907, Miss Marshall began carving stone after she broke her back in a truck accident while hauling grain. She moved to Portis in 1963 and opened the Continental Sculpture Hall. After a brief time in Abilene in the late 1960's, she returned to Portis. The work of the sculptress gained national attention earlier this year when the Rev. W. W. McDaneld, her legal guardian and friend of 30 years, found it necessary to auction her limestone collection in order to pay her medical costs. The decisison became controversial because many feared the collection would be broken up and perhaps moved from the state. Gus Foster, a Florida physician and folk art collector bought the entire collection for $26,500 and later agreed to loan major pieces of the collection to Ulrich Museum at Wichita State University, where it will be on display until Jan. 20. The University has expressed an interest in buying the partial collection from Foster. The remaining pieces are in the care of sculptor Pete Felten, Hays. Among the items in the collection is a replica of a Model "A", a 700 pound likeness of Abraham Lincoln, and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Miss Marshall is survived by four sisters, Ozella Smith, North Branch; Zo Hudiburgh, Superior; Mabel Hiatt, Salina, and June Degraff, Colorado Springs and a brother, Randolph "Pete" Marshall, Wichita. The funeral was held Oct. 27 at the Kramer Funeral Home, Mankato, with the Rev. McDaneld officiating. Burial was in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Nov 8, 1984, Superior Express
Portis folk artist dies
Inez Marshall, 77, the Burr Oak native, who became well-known Kansas folk artist died two weeks ago in an Osborne nursing home after slipping into a coma earlier this year. Born May 19, 1907, Miss Marshall began carving stone after she broke her back in a truck accident while hauling grain. She moved to Portis in 1963 and opened the Continental Sculpture Hall. After a brief time in Abilene in the late 1960's, she returned to Portis. The work of the sculptress gained national attention earlier this year when the Rev. W. W. McDaneld, her legal guardian and friend of 30 years, found it necessary to auction her limestone collection in order to pay her medical costs. The decisison became controversial because many feared the collection would be broken up and perhaps moved from the state. Gus Foster, a Florida physician and folk art collector bought the entire collection for $26,500 and later agreed to loan major pieces of the collection to Ulrich Museum at Wichita State University, where it will be on display until Jan. 20. The University has expressed an interest in buying the partial collection from Foster. The remaining pieces are in the care of sculptor Pete Felten, Hays. Among the items in the collection is a replica of a Model "A", a 700 pound likeness of Abraham Lincoln, and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Miss Marshall is survived by four sisters, Ozella Smith, North Branch; Zo Hudiburgh, Superior; Mabel Hiatt, Salina, and June Degraff, Colorado Springs and a brother, Randolph "Pete" Marshall, Wichita. The funeral was held Oct. 27 at the Kramer Funeral Home, Mankato, with the Rev. McDaneld officiating. Burial was in the Burr Oak Cemetery. Nov 8, 1984, Superior Express
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