Marshall Duer Woods On Tuesday, July 30, 2013, Marshall Duer Woods of Gaithersburg, MD. Beloved husband of Vivian Steffan Woods; brother of the late Patricia Woods Cooke. Born on July 14, 1930 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. He received his BA degree in secondary education and his masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a former member of the U.S. Armed Forces serving in both the United States and Germany. Joined Woodward and Lothrop Department Store, Washington, DC in 1956 and held various positions in personnel, delivery and purchasing departments and retired in 1988. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery will be at a later date.