Gary Thomas Marx Obituary
We are sad to announce that on December 4, 2022 we had to say goodbye to Gary Thomas Marx of Carbondale, Illinois, born in Melrose Park, Illinois. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Leonard Robert Marx and Alfrieda Alice Marx (Petmezas); and his siblings-in-law, Roberta Marx (Bertie), Ronald Kelley and Terry Wright.
He is survived by: his wife Pamela Kelley of Carbondale, Ill.; his children, Thomas Marx (Julia) of Manhattan, Ill. and Rachel Herron (Justin) of Overland Park, Kan.; his stepchildren, Willa Billingsley (Robert McCue) of Overland Park, Kan. and Matthew Gamble of Marion, Ill.; his grandchildren, Natalia, Adrian Marx, Elliott, Noah Herron, Leilani and Jemma Gamble; his former wife Bonnie Blazier Gamble Marx of Kansas City; his brother Allen Marx (Betty Lankford) of Urbana, Ill.; his siblings-in-law, Donna, Barry Eastman of Goreville, Ill. and Mary Wright (Kelley) of Goreville, Ill.; and his close friends, Daniel Overturf, Michael Onken, Carl Hileman, Chuck Hoffman, Peg Carlson-Hoffman and Doug Weaver. He is also survived by cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to Friends of the Cache River Watershed https://friendsofthecache.org or to the Illinois Native Plant Society – Southern Chapter illinoisplants.org.
