Marvin Henry Klahn, Sr.
January 30, 1924 — January 26, 2014
Marvin H. Klahn, Sr., 89, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday January 26, 2014, at Living Center West, Cedar Rapids. Services: Services: 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 31, 2014, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by Chaplain Mike Salgenweit-Coffman. Military honors will be provided by American Legion Post # 727. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, January 30, 2014, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery at a later date.
Survivors in include his sons, Marvin H. Klahn, Jr. of Solon, Iowa, and William L. “Bill” Klahn of Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, William, Matthew (Jackie), Sam and Elizabeth “Liz”; and great granddaughter, Hanna.
Marvin, Sr. was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Arline; and sister, Betty (Raymond) Brenamen.
Born January 30, 1924, in Toronto, Iowa, Marvin was the son of Harold “Swede” and Emma (Fisher) Klahn. He graduated from Oxford Junction High School in 1942, and joined the Coast Guard serving in Greenland for four years. Upon his discharge he returned to Iowa and worked on the family farm. On October 11, 1946, he was united in marriage to Arline Edward. She died in 2010. Marvin, Sr. worked for the Milwaukee Railroad, retiring in 1982, after 33 years.
Marvin, Sr. was a catcher at his high school and in city leagues and was an Eagle Scout. He enjoyed mushroom hunting, fishing, golfing, collecting stamps and coins and he and his wife liked dancing and metal detecting.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to “Team Iowa” with the Iowa Donor’s Network in North Liberty in Marvin, Sr.’s memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Marvin, Sr. at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Survivors in include his sons, Marvin H. Klahn, Jr. of Solon, Iowa, and William L. “Bill” Klahn of Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, William, Matthew (Jackie), Sam and Elizabeth “Liz”; and great granddaughter, Hanna.
Marvin, Sr. was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Arline; and sister, Betty (Raymond) Brenamen.
Born January 30, 1924, in Toronto, Iowa, Marvin was the son of Harold “Swede” and Emma (Fisher) Klahn. He graduated from Oxford Junction High School in 1942, and joined the Coast Guard serving in Greenland for four years. Upon his discharge he returned to Iowa and worked on the family farm. On October 11, 1946, he was united in marriage to Arline Edward. She died in 2010. Marvin, Sr. worked for the Milwaukee Railroad, retiring in 1982, after 33 years.
Marvin, Sr. was a catcher at his high school and in city leagues and was an Eagle Scout. He enjoyed mushroom hunting, fishing, golfing, collecting stamps and coins and he and his wife liked dancing and metal detecting.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to “Team Iowa” with the Iowa Donor’s Network in North Liberty in Marvin, Sr.’s memory.
Please sign the online guest book for Marvin, Sr. at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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