A former state senator who died recently was remembered for his athletic accomplishments at the University of Kansas and his contributions during the Cuban missile crisis.
Memorial services were held last Thursday for former Republican state Sen. Bob Marshall, who died Sept. 20 at the age of 85.
Marshall served in the Kansas Senate from 2009 to 2013 representing Senate District 13 in southeast Kansas.
Marshall was a 1960 graduate of the University of Kansas where he played football, basketball, baseball and ran track.
As a freshman on the basketball team, he played alongside Wilt Chamberlain and as a sophomore . . .
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