LUNBECK, Marvin H. 1922 - 2015

LUNBECK, SPRY, HOLLAND, DILLAVOU, SWIFT, SMITH, FLATNESS, MANNENGA, CAVANAUGH, CRABB, SHEAHAN, DEVISSER, OLSON, KISER, BARIL

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 9/27/2017 at 15:13:06

Marvin H. Lunbeck, 92, of Clear Lake, Iowa passed away peacefully Monday May 18, 2015 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa after a brief illness.

Memorial services to celebrate his life will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday May 21, 2015 with Rev. Ed Bard Chaplin of Hospice of North Iowa officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Burial will take place at a later time in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Family will greet friends Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel. Family suggests memorials to Marvin H. Lunbeck memorial fund. Please come in casual wear or fishing attire.

Marvin was born Dec. 29, 1922 in Malta Bend, Missouri the son of Robert Homer and Ruth (Spry) Lunbeck.

He enlisted in the United States Marine Corp at the age of seventeen and proudly served in W.W.II and was involved in the battle of Guadalcanal. He was a member Horse Marine Cadence.

While on leave in San Diego he met the love of his life and later married Mearle A. Holland Jan. 10, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri.

In 1955 they moved to Clear Lake from Ames, Iowa. He worked as an iron worker and built fire escapes in the Clear Lake and Mason City area. He later owned and operated Lunbeck’s Welding for twenty years plus in Ventura, Iowa.
His passion in life was fishing and enjoyed the many hours he spent on Clear Lake and in Texas. He organized many fishing groups in Texas and was known for “Marv’s Fish Fry”.

He was a member of Clear Lake V.F.W.; American Legion and Clear Lake Fishing Club where he was president for six years.

He is survived by three daughters Sandra (Dick) Dillavou, Clear Lake, Iowa, Deborah (Alan) Swift, Hayden, Idaho and Marvel (Marvin) Flatness, Lanesboro, Minnesota; six grandchildren Dawn (Todd) Mennenga, Chris (Autumn) Dillavou, Margo Cavanaugh, Melissa (Scott) Smith, McKenzy Flatness and Morgan Flatness; ten great-grandchildren Dalton and Danielle Mennenga, Mariah, Austin and Kori Dillavou, Paige and Ben Crabb, Tyler Sheahan, Lilly DeVisser and Blake Olson and one sister Dolly (James) Kiser, Malta Bend, Missouri; a brother-in-law Reuben Baril, Littleton, Colorado; and a special friend Barbara Pelot, Columbia, Missouri and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Mearle; a sister Doris Baril and a granddaughter Tamala Sue Dillavou.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St., Clear Lake, Iowa. 641-357-2193. ColonialChapels.com