Braeden Marshall

Braeden Marshall was a truly unique individual whose view of the world gave new insights to everyone who met him. Braeden was born in Salt Lake City on April 30, 2000. From birth he required significant medical care due to short gut syndrome. Because of Braeden’s condition, he would often be admitted inpatient at Primary Children’s Hospital. He spent close to two years of his life in hospitals. Even with all of his difficulties, Braeden was an unusually happy baby, and as a child he loved and trusted everyone who worked with him. As a teenager, he considered himself an expert on managing life in the hospital and liked giving advice on menu and ways to entertain oneself while inpatient. Braeden grew up surrounded by friends and family in Pleasant Grove, Utah, and attended Grovecrest Elementary and Pleasant Grove Junior High. Despite his syndrome that made digestion and absorption difficult, Braeden loved to eat. He learned to cook eggs when he was eight and he had a very particular system for making his eggs just right. He also loved salmon, bacon, brussel sprouts, broccoli, and saag. Braeden’s favorite pastime was playing games: he loved Nintendo games like Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda, and card games like Nottingham. He was an inquisitive person who liked sharing his unique ideas, like filling the roads with bumper cars so kids could safely get driver’s licences. His dream job was to work for Nintendo. Braeden defied the odds by living sixteen years and being active most of his life. Braeden received an intestinal transplant in February 2016. When his body rejected the organ in June of this year, he was incredibly strong and brave throughout the surgery to remove it. He was given twenty units of blood and still kept fighting, coming out of the surgery well. During the last two months of his life, Braeden learned to walk again after his long hospitalization and was able to be home with his family. Braeden passed away at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on October 28, 2016. His mother, Kirstin Wilkes, and his brother, Rylan, were able to say goodbye before he left this world. Braeden is survived by a large extended family who loved him dearly and will miss him deeply. Braeden’s viewing will be held on Sunday, November 6 from 6-8 p.m. at the LDS Stake Center 1176 North 730 East, Pleasant Grove, Utah. Braeden’s life will be celebrated at a funeral at the same location on Monday, November 7 at 11 a.m. Memorial donations can be made to Make a Wish foundation in Braeden’s honor.

Braeden Marshall

April 30, 2000 - October 28, 2016