Marguerite J. O’Reilly was born February 23, 1920 in Pierre, South Dakota, the daughter of John and Edna (Herrman) O’Reilly.

She grew up on her parents’ ranch in the Elbon

community north of Philip. She received her education in that area prior to graduating from Philip High School in 1940.

As a young lady she worked for various people in Philip as well as several cafes.

In 1943, during WWII, she moved to Los Angeles, California where she worked at the North American

Aviation Defense Plant in Inglewood, California. In 1944 she returned to Philip where she managed a café until 1949 when she became Deputy Register of Deeds for Haakon County.

Marguerite was united in marriage to Wayne C. Marshall on March 26, 1951 in Murdo, South Dakota. They made their home on a ranch in the Hilland area north of Philip until the fall of 1952 when they moved into Philip.

She resumed her position as Deputy Register of Deeds serving until 1954 when she was elected Register of Deeds and served two terms.

In 1959 Marguerite became employed at the First

National Bank in Philip where she worked until retiring as assistant cashier in 1982.

After her husband’s death on September 15, 1973, Marguerite continued to make her home in Philip.

Marguerite was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Evening Guild Tribe II. She was a member of the Wheeler-Brooks American Legion Auxiliary Post #73, the Bad River Senior Citizens Center, and was active with the American Cancer Society.

Grateful for having shared her life include one brother John Norbert "Jack" O’Reilly of Miles City, Montana; two sisters Dolores Hansen of Los Angeles, California, and Mary June Penticoff of Murdo; several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.

In addition to her husband, Marguerite was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers Francis and Loren O’Reilly.