Luke Andrew Marsden
May 8, 1996 ~ April 15, 2021
Luke Marsden passed away on April 15, 2021 in Reston, Virginia. He is survived by his mother, Elizabeth K. Heath (Lisa); his father, Michael A. Marsden, Jr; two brothers, John Christopher Marsden (Jake) and Matthew A. Marsden; his Grandmother, Patricia Gardes; Grandfather, Michael A. Marsden, Sr; and multiple family members on his mother's side, who include Lisa's brother Uncle Chris, and wonderful sisters, Aunts Patty, Shelly, Mary, Cathy; lastly, on his father's side, his Uncle Dean.
Luke was intelligent, kind, loving, and warm-hearted. He was also a fierce competitor and daredevil. Luke was the quintessential peacemaker, bringing people together in love and harmony, many times using his sharp wit and funny sense of humor at all the right moments to quell conflicts. His thirst for life as well as surpassing his own goals was simply Luke being Luke. He had the "cool" and "IT" factor. Luke was named an Academic Honors Graduate upon his completion of exceptional course and field work, earning the highest possible rating and the highest GPA in his Combat Engineer Training Class. Luke is sorely missed by all of his family and friends. He is happy now, resting on the cool, white sands and warmth of the celestial sun on Heaven's Beach.
It's our turn to make you proud, son.
Visitation will be held Thursday, April 22 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Money and King Funeral Home; 171 Maple Ave W; Vienna, VA 22180. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, April 23, 11:00 am, at St. John the Beloved Catholic Church, 6420 Linway Terrace, McLean, VA 22101. Interment with military honors at Quantico National Cemetery Monday, April 26, at 11:30 am.
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Luke was intelligent, kind, loving, and warm-hearted. He was also a fierce competitor and daredevil. Luke was the quintessential peacemaker, bringing people together in love and harmony, many times using his sharp wit and funny sense of humor at all the right moments to quell conflicts. His thirst for life as well as surpassing his own goals was simply Luke being Luke. He had the "cool" and "IT" factor. Luke was named an Academic Honors Graduate upon his completion of exceptional course and field work, earning the highest possible rating and the highest GPA in his Combat Engineer Training Class. Luke is sorely missed by all of his family and friends. He is happy now, resting on the cool, white sands and warmth of the celestial sun on Heaven's Beach.
It's our turn to make you proud, son.
Visitation will be held Thursday, April 22 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Money and King Funeral Home; 171 Maple Ave W; Vienna, VA 22180. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, April 23, 11:00 am, at St. John the Beloved Catholic Church, 6420 Linway Terrace, McLean, VA 22101. Interment with military honors at Quantico National Cemetery Monday, April 26, at 11:30 am.
Please consider a donation to the Semper Fi Fund
https://semperfifund.org/donate/
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My sincere condolences to Mike, Lisa and your entire family. Joe Zmitrovich
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My sincere condolences to the Marsden family and loved ones of Luke. Luke was a phenomenal friend. He helped me through some of the toughest times in my life. He easily found ways to put a smile on my face when I needed it the most. He was truly one of a kind and he will be sorely missed.
Caitlin, thank you for sending this note. It was lovely and exactly how our son was.
My heart is deeply saddened by your loss. Such a beautiful young man who was clearly much-loved. Sending thoughts and prayers to all.
OMG- thank you Anita, everyone’s warm comments help us so much. you have my heartfelt gratitude, thank you for honoring our youngest son, Luke- everyone is helping us find grace.
My sincere condolences to Mike and the entire family. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Bob Incorvati
Thank you Bob. I also got your message. We get stronger as each day passes by seeing all of the caring messages from all of our friends. Thank you so much.
I’m heartbroken to hear of the loss of your youngest son, Mike. I’m so sorry. My sincerest condolences. Eric
Thank you Eric. I am grateful to hear from you. Thank you for visiting and honoring our son Luke.
Dear Michael, I was so touched and moved by your letter. I am so sorry about the loss of your son Luke. Sometimes it only takes once when it comes to surfing to get hooked and it sounds like Luke had that experience! I will be sure to reach out when we get our new shipment of T’s. Our condolences and prayers for peace for you and the family. RIP Luke and thank you for your service. Regards Randy
Even though I am basically typing this to myself and our family , I wanted to point out one of the many instances of levity , with remember of our son, basically, the “funny things that kid say” — it is reason for this post. I am Luke’s father and long way back when Luke was just around 7 or 8 years old, we threw a big pool party with what we thought would be real, top-notch fun for the young crowd -, a professional magic show. Well, I should have simply taken Luke’s advice at the time and just did just Pizza , Pool and ice cream. No, No , no , as dad, I had to secure the finest magician in town to do his magic show for the wild and crazy partygoers . Once we had kids attention with massive amounts of pizza, I was out front looking at my watch and getting that impatient feeling. Finally , the dude shows up , tad disheveled, and I instantly took one look at him and was like…whoa, “talk about your wrong stuff”… this guy looked about as hungover as Paul Newman did in the carousel scene when Newman played the character Henry Gondorff from the movieThe Sting. His magic tricks were simply sub par to say the least. Luke caught on early that the magician was well, a fraud. Luke yelled out “ I saw that!, that isn’t Magic!!” Dad , this sucks, we all want to go back in the pool”!…. Luke was right , so I paid the magician as per our contract, for his time, the magician then, with a tired, somewhat Magoo smile, handed me a small fishbowl filled with cloudy water and two half dead goldfish — you know, as a giveaway for Luke’s birthday. Later, Luke decided he wasn’t fan of goldfish and sent them to a better place. The end.
My sincere condolences to you and your family during this time. Gammon Rohrbach
Thank you Gammon. We also appreciated your kind message Trying to find Grace bit by bit.
I struggle to even type words to express my condolences. Mike, Lisa and the entire family I’ll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. The initial news was earth shattering to me, as I know it was to you as well. Stay strong for each other, and please let me know if there’s anything at all I can do to help.
Chris- thank you so much for your kind words at this time. All of the outpouring of support helps us find Grace.
Dear Mike and family, I was so sorry to hear the tragic news of the loss of your beloved grandson, Luke Andrew. I know that it is a loss that cuts deep. Please know that you are in my thoughts and in my heart as each day that passes your beloved becomes more precious. “The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God.” Your friend, Maddie Zimmerman
My wife and I are saddened for the loss of Luke. Although we did not know Luke, his grandfather, Mike, shared many stories about his childhood and career. He will be missed by family and friends. With our deepest sympathy. Byron and Sharon Zeigler
I would like to start this by saying I express my condolences and prayers to the family. Luke was a very special person. Growing up with Luke I could go on and on about all the crazy stories I have of Luke. I could tell you how he wasn’t scared of anything and how he was and will always be one of the smartest people I’ve ever know. Luke was so smart he could pretty much read a book with his eyes closed. Luke’s sense of humor really benefited from his intelligence, he could have an entire room crying from laughter while also teaching us one of the million facts he knew off the top of his head. I’ll miss his optimism and his laughter most of all. I will hold every memory very near to my heart because I’m truly blessed to have had the privilege to call Luke a friend for so many years. I want to finish this by expressing how appreciative not only myself but countless others are for having the opportunity to have grown up with Luke. Thank you so much for sharing your son/brother/grandchild/nephew with all of us. Love you Luke, save me a seat up there!
Corey- we are honored, appreciative and ever so grateful that Luke had friends like yourself. I was moved by your posting. Thank you so much, and god bless.
I miss you so much Luke, I feel you all around me, and that comforts me. Love , Dad
Luke, Nick and I just found out that we have lost you. I can’t believe it took this long to find out. You were a light in our lives. Had so many laughs at all the right times. Fights too. Those are necessary in friendships. We will miss you so much. Having not had heard from you, I just thought you were focusing on yourself on the east coast. What a huge loss to all of us. Rest up, King.