Loven, Orval Marlen 1921 – 2004

LOVEN, BLUME, HENDRICKSON, CRANLEY, ALEXANDER, NIEMANN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:46

Source: Decorah Newspapers March 21, 2004 (provided by Martha Loven)

Orval Marlen Loven, 83, died at his home Friday, March 19, 2004 of a cancerous brain tumor.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 23 at 11: a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hart, Minn.
Friends may call from 5 – 8 Monday, March 22 at the Hoff Funeral Home-Rushford Chapel and one hour before the service at the church.
Burial will be in the East Grace Cemetery, Peterson, Minn.
Orval Loven was born Jan. 13, 1921 to Henry and Clarice (Henderson) Loven at Glenwood Township of Winneshiek County.
He was baptized Jan 30, 1921 at Glenwood Lutheran Church, where he was confirmed May 19, 1935.
He attended the Rocksvold one-room schoolhouse for eight years, and graduated with the class of 1939 from Decorah High School.
Following high school, he remained at home and farmed with his parents.
He enjoyed playing softball with the Glenwood team as a catcher that resulted in some championship games.
He drove his “Indian” motorcycle down to Texas in 1948 and 1949 for the winter months.
June 22, 1950, he married Lois Marie Blume at Belle Plaine, Minn.
He continued farming with his dad until they moved to the Peterson area in March 1955.
Orval Loven worked at various jobs besides farming and was a member of the Highland Prairie dirtball team until they disbanded.
He attended Grace Lutheran Church in Peterson, where he was a member of Lutheran Brotherhood and was financial secretary for many years.
In 1989, they joined St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hart, where he served as trustee, LL and LC Extension Fund representatives, and was a member of the evening Bible study group.
He enjoyed the annual chicken and ham supper, where he cut many pies. Besides farming and raising a family, he enjoyed going to auctions, woodworking, making unique canes, gardening and visiting. He had a collection of mini-farm machinery.
Survivors include his wife, Lois, seven sons, Mark (Kathy) Loven of Escondido, Calif.; Paul Loven of West Brooke, Me.; Joel (Julia) Loven of Lanesboro, Minn.; John (Charlene) Loven of rural Decorah; James (Bev) Loven of LeRoy, Minn.; Daniel (Kathy) Loven of Trumansburg, N.Y.; and Philip (Michele) Loven of Omaha, Neb.; two daughters: Ruth Cranley of Rushford, Minn.; and Elizabeth (Keith) Alexander of LeMars, 18 grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren and one brother, Lloyd (Susie) Loven of Dallas, Texas.
Orval Marlen Loven was preceded in death by his parents, a stillborn daughter, a sister Vivian Niemann and a daughter-in-law, Linda Loven.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he is buried in East Grace Cemetery in Peterson, MN.