Marshall, Isabel O'Connell Obituary

Marshall, Isabel O'Connell attended Horace Mann High School in Gary, IN. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Marshall, Isabel O'connell.

Graduation Year	Class of 1958
Date of Passing	Feb 20, 2015
About	Isabel A. O’Connell (nee Marshall), age 74 of Valparaiso; formerly of Merrillville and Gary, passed away peacefully at home on February 20, 2015. She is survived by her husband James; daughters: Susan O'Connell, Helen (John) Hochstetler; sons David (Kathy) O'Connell, Daniel (Missy) O'Connell; sister Joan (Bernard) Zapp; nephew Kirk (Linda) Zapp; five grandchildren: Robert, Megan, Chad, Elizabeth, and Thomas. Preceded in death by her parents Robert & Harriet Marshall. Isabel graduated from Jefferson Elementary, Horace Mann High School, Class of 1958, and Indiana University Northwest in Gary, and earned a degree in Religious Education from Calumet College in Whiting. She married her husband James on October 28, 1961. She was an amazingly talented person: she played the cello, piano, guitar; she belonged to two symphony orchestras; authored four children's books; was an accomplished artist; and taught elementary school all while being a mother of four and a wife to James. She loved to travel and even toured China with the Lake Shore Orchestra twice. She was especially proud of her Scottish ancestry, twice touring Scotland and Ireland. Over the years, she worked in the Gary Public Library, as a teller at Gary National Bank, as a teacher at SS. Peter & Paul in Merrillville, as a teacher at Liberty Elementary School in Hobart and, after retiring, as an intervention teacher at St. Paul in Valparaiso. She tutored many children and worked as a volunteer with other-abled children. She was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma, where she held the president and treasurer positions, and was a member of the Indiana Retired Teacher's Organization. As an active participant in the Catholic faith, she was a member of the Cursillo Movement, Liturgy and Music Director at St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church in Merrillville; where she was a charter member, and a lector and Eucharistic minister at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Valparaiso.