He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marquiss. His mother died in December, 1946, and his father died in February, 1948. He was married to Miss Mary Ann Marohn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Marohn of Columbus, Nebraska, on November 3, 1943, in Denver. Dwight attended the Columbus grade schools and the Kramer High School, where he was graduated with the class of 1941. After graduation, he was employed for a time at the Martin bomber plant in Baltimore, Maryland. Corporal Dwight Marquiss joined the Army Air Corps on July 29, 1943. He was stationed at the Army Air Field at Pueblo, Colorado, where he was a turret gunner on a B-24. He was killed in an accident five miles northeast of Peterson Field on September 14, 1944. The plane in which he and his crew members were killed was on a routine combat training mission at the time of the crash. Military funeral services for Corporal Dwight Marquiss were held at the Grace Episcopal Church in Columbus, Nebraska, at 2:00 p.m., on Monday, September 18, 1944, with Reverend Mueller, pastor of the Episcopal Church at Fremont, officiating. Hartman Post No. 84 of the American Legion had charge of the military rite. Burial was in the Roselawn Cemetery near Columbus.