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Marvin Klahn Sr.
MARVIN KLAHN SR.
Cedar Rapids
Marvin H. Klahn Sr., 89, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at Living Center West, Cedar Rapids. Services: Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, 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 at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, at a later date.
Survivors include his sons, Marvin H. Klahn Jr. of Solon, 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 Jan. 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 Oct. 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.murdoch
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