September 29, 1948 – May 11, 2025
| William Marx (Bill) was born in Sacramento, California and lived there until the late 70’s when he moved permanently to the Scott Valley. As a young man he had spent summers and vacations, hunting seasons in Scott Valley with his father, Harold Marx, and other relatives. Bill is survived by his wife, Jennifer Marx, step daughters Amy Jones and Joanna Davis, his sister Deana Okerman, his brother-in-law Carl Okerman, his nieces and nephews Carl and Melissa, and his great nieces and nephews, Grace, Noah, and Conner. Bill worked as a carpenter and belonged to the Laborers Union. Bill had a place in his heart for the native tribes that the white man had betrayed. Although he was not much of a reader, he loved books about the history and current events of the indigenous peoples. He also put his money where his mouth was and donated to several tribes. Bill’s interests were in the outdoors. He rode his stallion, Silky, in Endurance rides of 25 and 50 miles. He grew massive amounts of garlic and was renowned for his garlic powder. He especially loved to hunt although he began to bemoan the diminishment of deer and other game, as well as the degradation of the environment by man. He went to Idaho each year to hunt elk and deer with his good friend, Bobby Sweet. We miss Billy dearly and hope that he has found some peace. His good hunting buddy, Bobby Sweet believes he has. He writes: |
“Haven’t seen it before, but they were a herd of elk in the field across the street, was it just a stroke of luck or was it my ole hunting pard saying “I am OK and home”. Them elk should have been headed up already but there they were standing there staring at me!!!!!
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He had another sister Corrine, and brother Brian..