Marvin D Bahr, 08 Mar 1927 - 29 June 2007

BAHR, KAHLER, FOSTER, HUDEPOHL, FURLER, SANDERS

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 7/2/2007 at 09:58:27

Marvin D. Bahr, age 80, died Friday, June 29, 2007 at Rose Haven Nursing Home in Marengo, following an extended illness. Funeral Services: 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo with Rev. Gerald Rife officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery with military honors. Friends may call after 9:30 A.M. Tuesday, July 3 until service time at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established.

He is survived by neices and nephews, including a nephew Don Hudepohl and wife Sharon of Williamsburg who helped him with his affairs. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Rosada “Betty” Bahr on December 26, 2002, 3 brothers, Dale, Lester and Kenneth Bahr and three sisters, Anna Furler, Thelma Sanders, and Blanche Hudepohl.

Marvin Dean Bahr was born March 8, 1927 in Iowa County, Iowa, the son of Fred and Bessie Kahler Bahr. He graduated from Marengo High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Rosada E. “Betty” Foster on June 19, 1947 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He was employed at Ratzel Furniture, Pioneer Seed, was produce manager at the Me Too Grocery in Marengo. Most recently he was employed as a guard at Amana Refrigeration. Marvin moved to Rose Haven Nursing Home in 2003 due to failing health.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Marengo, and the Marengo American Legion Post #76.

Kloster Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids Gazette 1 July 2007