Brandt, Rev. Marvin R. (1885-1960)

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Posted By: Ken Johnson (email)
Date: 4/3/2021 at 23:23:56

From the Sat., 3 Dec. 1960 issue of “The Sheboygan Press” (Sheboygan, WI), page 10, column 2:

REV. MARVIN BRANDT

The Rev. Dr. Marvin R. Brandt, former pastor of the First Congregational Church in Sheboygan, died Friday evening at a rest home in Barrington, Ill. He was 75.

Dr. Brandt served as pastor of the church here from 1918 until 1930 when he was succeeded by the present minister, the Rev. Dr. Wilford H. Evans.

He had been living in retirement with a sister, Mrs. William Lathrop, in Beloit, Wis., from 1950 until he entered the rest home a month ago.

It was during his pastorate here that the First Congregational Church at N. 7th St., and Ontario Ave. was built in 1920 on the site of a church destroyed by fire a year earlier.

Dr. Brandt was born April 7, 1885, in Granavillo [sic], Iowa, a son of the late Helmuth and Wilhelmina Brandt. He was educated at the Beloit Academy, Beloit College and the Yale University Divinity School.

In later years he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Northland College at Ashland, Wis.

Dr. Brandt came to Sheboygan from Edgerton, Wis., in 1918 and remained here for 12 years, resigning in 1930 to become minister of the West Congregational Church of Akron, Ohio.

From 1941 until 1950, he made his home in Fargo, H. D., while serving as state superintendent of Congregational churches in North Dakota. He had been retired since then.

Dr. Brandt returned to Sheboygan in 1945 as a guest preacher during the celebration of the First Congregational Church’s centennial.

He is survived by one son, Raymond, of Janesville, Wis.; a daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Brandt of New York City; three grandchildren; one brother and five sisters.

His first wife, Madge Wilson, died in 1919. Later, while serving his pastorate in Sheboygan, he was married to Marjorie Holbrook who died in 1936.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Rosman-Uehling-Kinzer Funeral Chapel in Beloit, with the Rev. Stanley Crosland, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Beloit, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Akron.

The body will lie in state at the funeral chapel in Beloit from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

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From the Mon., 5 Dec. 1960 issue of “The Capital Times” (Madison, WI), page 14, column 1:

Former Edgerton Pastor

Rev. Brandt Funeral To Be Held Tuesday at Beloit

EDGERTON—Funeral services for the Rev. Marvin Brandt, 75, pastor of the Edgerton Congregational Church from 1915 to 1918, who in later years was state superintendent of Congregational Churches in North Dakota prior to his retirement, will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Rosman-Uehling-Kinzer funeral home, Beloit. The Rev. Mr. Brandt died Saturday at Barrington, Ill.

The Edgerton church was the Rev. Mr. Brandt’s first pastorate. He later served churches at Akron, Ohio, and Sheboygan. He headed the North Dakota church group from 1941 until his retirement to Beloit in 1950. He was a member of the Masonic Order.

Officiating at the funeral rites Tuesday in Beloit will be the Rev. Stanley Crosman, and burial will be in Rosehill [sic] cemetery, Akron, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home in Beloit tonight from 7 to 9.

A native of Iowa, the Rev. Mr. Brandt was a 1910 graduate of Beloit College. He received his divinity degree from Yale University, and held an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree granted by Northland College, Ashland.

He was first married to Marge Wilson of Edgerton, who did in 1919. He later was married to Marjorie Holbrook, who died in 1936. He is survived by a son, Raymond, Janesville; a daughter, Mary, New York City; a brother, and five sisters, including Mrs. William Lathrop, Beloit, with whom he lived before moving to Barrington.