Marvin G. Julius (-2018)
JULIUS, MEESKE, JOHNSON, HARVEY
Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 2/4/2018 at 12:00:24
Obituary from Bethesda Lutheran Church, Ames, Story County, Iowa:
Iowa State University Professor Emeritus Marvin G. Julius, 95, of Ames, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Ames.
Marvin Julius was born near Palmer, to Alfred and Anna Julius. He was a 1940 graduate of Manson High School and a 1968 graduate of Iowa State University with a Ph.D. degree in economics. He began his ISU career as extension director in Humboldt County in 1955 and joined the campus-based Extension Service in 1963, first as civil defense coordinator and subsequently as extension economist for community development. He produced economic base studies for Iowa areas as an aid to diversification of the state’s economy. At various times he was a consultant to state government for tax studies and agricultural valuations.
He served 3 1/2 years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II as a first lieutenant and was recalled for 18 months during the Korean Conflict. He held many volunteer roles in the community including the Board of Education in Humboldt, president of the Iowa Association for Retarded Citizens, as chairman of the initial advisory committee for the allocation of human services funds in Story County, and guardian or advocate for several persons with handicaps.
He was a member of Bethesda Lutheran Church, American Agricultural Economics Association, Kiwanis, National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees, The Arc of Story County, Story County Human Services Advisory Council, and a number of other health related service committees.
On June 22, 1947, he married Maxine Meeske, of Pocahontas. Survivors include his wife, Maxine, of Ames; a daughter, DeAnne Julius (Ian Harvey), of London, England; and three sons, Kent (Erja), of Reunion, Fla., and Mark and Lane, of Ames. Also surviving are four grandchildren, Megan (Luke) Johnson, of Boston, Ross (Rebecca) Harvey, of Copenhagen, Denmark, Emma Julius, of Sarasota, Fla., and Niklaus Julius, of Ames; four great-grandchildren, Zachary and Jake Johnson, of Boston, and Theodore and Linnea Harvey, of Copenhagen; his sister, Maxine (Paul Barrett), of Pocahontas; and a brother, Eldon (Dorothy) Julius, of Albuquerque, N.M.
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, with a visitation one hour prior, at Northcrest Retirement Community in Ames, with Pastor Bryan Simmons officiating. Burial will be in Ames Municipal Cemetery.
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