Roxanne “Roxy” Marshall was born to Edward “Fuff” and Virginia “Gin” Marshall on April 5, 1943, in San Francisco. Roxy left this world on February 14, 2026. She was most recently a resident of Hoopa and Willow Creek. Roxy was a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe from the villages of Me’dil-ding and Tse:wenal-ding.

Roxy spent the first nine years of her life living and learning on Francisco Street in the Marina District of San Francisco until her father retired from Central Electric. Her family moved home to Hoopa, where she did a lot more learning and eventually some teaching too. Roxy graduated from Hoopa Valley High School in 1961 and soon welcomed her first child Wendy, with her husband Walt Morton. Exactly two years later they welcomed their second child Wayde. While Roxy spent most days at home raising her children on the river, she eventually got talked into becoming a teacher’s assistant at Hoopa Elementary School, which eventually lead to being in the first class of American Indian teachers to graduate from the Indian Teacher Education Program (ITEP) at Humboldt State University (now called CalPoly Humboldt) in 1969. Roxy went on to work as the ITEP Student Services Coordinator and started the first shelf of textbooks that eventually grew into the Curriculum Resource Center at ITEP. While working at Humboldt State, Roxy met and eventually married her second husband, Bud Treece.

After their move to Los Angeles County, Roxy began working as a grant writer at the Southern California Indian Center, INC., where she met her lifelong friend Kathleen Bridgeland who was hired as a social worker at SCIC. This is also where Roxy met and married Michael Burgess and soon welcomed Allen in 1984 and eighteen months later Jennifer. Their family settled in Pasadena until 2004. During her twenty years in LA County Roxy continued her work with SCIC, served as the Liaison to the American Indian Community for Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, and eventually returned to working at the State of California, first with the Trade and Commerce Agency, then on to the State Controller’s Office. The change in state agencies is what caused Roxy, Allen and Jennifer to move north to the Capitol in Sacramento, CA where Roxy worked until she retired in 2019. Roxy was known for her dedication to work and made many friends among coworkers, including her good friend Mallory Marsh, who sent Rox a monthly box of See’s chocolates until her last days. After retirement, in 2021 Roxy moved home to Humboldt County, close to her children, grandchildren, cousins and friends.

Roxanne was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) starting out at the Church of the Mountains in Hoopa, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, then eventually Northminster and Westminster Presbyterian Churches in Sacramento. Roxy was active not only on the local, but also regional and national levels of the church. Her participation on national boards and committees in the church took her across the country, and even the globe with fondly remembered trips to Egypt and Puerto Rico. Some of her best adventures were visiting other churches across Indian Country while serving on the national Native American Consulting Committee. She was also employed by the Synod of Southern California and Hawaii and served a term as their Moderator and was very instrumental in developing the Native American Ministry Project in greater Los Angeles County. Even through all the levels of her involvement in the PC(USA) one of mom’s favorite stories to tell was about racing from church to church on the Trinity and Klamath rivers to play piano for the different churches’ services.

Roxy always valued learning new things and enjoying the experiences life brought. This outlook took her on many adventures with children and friends, like trips to NASCAR and Formula 1 races, the Kentucky Derby, backpacking through France, Lakers games, Garth Brooks concerts, and volcano tours on Hawaii. She was always willing to be helpful and participate in her community, starting at a young age with Girl Scouts and in her later years as a member of the South Pasadena Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Roxy was preceded in death by her great-grandparents Laura (Davis) Hostler and John Hoffman, great-grandparents James and Mary Marshall, grandparents Ed “Dad” and Matilda “Mom” Marshall, grandparents James and Annie Conlan, parents Ed E. “Daddy” and Virginia “Mommy” Marshall, brother Walter Ralph Marshall, son Wayde James Morton, daughter Wendy Morton Moon, and grandson Walter Hayes Moon. Roxy was also preceded by her aunts and uncles, Dorcas and Ernest McDonald Jr., Noreen and Lester Latham Sr., Joseph and Eunice Marshall Sr., Joanne and William Eich, as well as Margaret “Peggy” and Walter Lubchenko.

Roxy is survived by her son Allen Burgess, daughter Jennifer Burgess and Justin Childs, her grandchildren Kara Moon, Rosella Moon, Charlie and Cassidy (Lane) Moon, great grandchildren, Pearl Moon, Charlie Hayes and Walter James Moon, Solo and Jack Cruz Sylvia, Paiila Colegrove and Choc Cook. She is also survived by her sister Jennifer and Chuck Singleton, nephews Jeff and Amy Singleton, Brian and Tracy Singleton, niece Kelly Singleton Bartlett, as well as their seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Roxy enjoyed a long and eventful life making many friends and family along the way. We thank all of you who called her cousin, friend and favorite coworker for making her life beautiful. We would also like to thank the nurses and staff at Hospice of Humboldt and Especially You Assisted Living for making mom comfortable in her final days here on earth.

Roxy wished to be cremated and left to rest with her parents at the old summer camp above Me’dil-ding. A memorial gathering & meal will be held at the Hoopa Fire Department Training Room on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at 1 p.m. All are welcome to share stories and memories of Roxy, as well as a dessert (what she would eat first), side or salad. Thank you to Carla and Ayers Family Cremation for all your assistance.

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