Marvin Duane Lorenzen 1929 - 2019

LORENZEN, CLAPSADDLE, PETERS

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 9/9/2019 at 20:48:08

Sioux City Journal
17 August 2019

Ida Grove, Iowa Died Sioux City

Marvin Duane Lorenzen, 90, of Ida Grove, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Ida Grove. The Rev. Chad Lierman will officiate. Burial will be in Galva Township Cemetery East, Galva, Iowa. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, with a masonic service at 4 p.m. by the Alpine Lodge 471 A.F. & A.M., at Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Home in Ida Grove. Condolences may be sent online at www.christensenvanhouten.com.

Marvin was born on July 5, 1929, to Clifford and Lulu (Clapsaddle) Lorenzen, in rural Ida County, Iowa. He was baptized on Oct. 13, 1929 and confirmed in June 1943 at Silver Creek Methodist Church. He attended country school and graduated from the Ida Grove High School with the class of 1947, where he participated in football and basketball. He attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls for a time.

On July 11, 1950, he married Phyllis Peters at Wheatland Presbyterian Church in rural Breda, Iowa. They were blessed with five children, Ann, Laurie, Bruce, Kristin and Susan. Marvin and Phyllis raised their family on a farm south of Arthur, Iowa. They were members of Arthur United Methodist Church for many years. Marvin was dedicated to farming. He loved farm life and working with his son. He continued to actively farm until the last couple of years.

Marvin and Phyllis moved to Ida Grove in 1993.

They joined First United Methodist Church in Ida Grove, where he was an active church member. He especially enjoyed serving on the planning committee when the new fellowship hall was built. Marvin also enjoyed being a part of the Masonic Lodge in Arthur and later Holstein, Iowa.

Marvin is survived by his wife, Phyllis; five children, Ann (Paul) DeNeui of Tulsa, Okla., Laurie (John) Currie of Odebolt, Iowa, Bruce (Sandy) Lorenzen of Arthur, Kristin (Harvey) Flewelling of Superior, Colo., and Susan (David) Fisk of Fredrick, Colo.; 13 grandchildren, Jeremy DeNeui, Luke (Sarah) DeNeui, Hope (Brandon) Ellis, Bethany DeNeui, Steven (Chelsey) Currie, Mark (Angie) Currie, David (Kelly) Currie, Mindy (Cory) Miller, Holly Lorenzen, Lindsey Flewelling, Jordan Flewelling, Claire Fisk and Lauren Fisk; 15 great-grandchildren, Noah and Isabella DeNeui, Bo, Demory, Raef and Megan Ellis, Kellen and Aaron Currie, Elliott and Claire Currie, Jocelyn Currie, and Avaree, Axton, Aspen and Abbott Miller; one brother, Marc (Gleneva) Lorenzen; and sister-in-law, Elaine Lorenzen.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Clifford and Lulu Lorenzen; his sister, Verna Letson; and his brother, Glenn Lorenzen.

Marvin was devoted to his family and thoroughly enjoyed being in the company of his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.