Marvin Herbert DIEKHUIS

DIEKHUIS, SANDERFELT, PIERCE, WILLEY, MAIERS, RIECHMANN, FORMANEK, KUNKLE, STRICKLAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/27/2011 at 10:22:09

February 12, 1928 --- April 25, 2011

GARNER, IA - Marvin H. Diekhuis, 83, of Garner died Monday, April 25, 2011, at the Concord Care Center in Garner. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 28, at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner with Rev. Brian Lund officiating. Burial will be in Concord Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m., today at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. 4th St. in Garner, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Marvin Herbert Diekhuis, the son of Herbert and Martha (Sanderfelt) Diekhuis, was born Feb. 12, 1928, at Klemme. He attended country school near Goodell until moving to Garner with his family where he continued his education. On March 20, 1950 he married Phyllis Pierce in Litchfield, Minn. Marvin worked for farmers in the Garner area until 1956 when he began farming for himself. He co-owned and operated the Klemme Repair Shop for three years and then moved with his family to Garner and went to work at Continental Grain in Mason City until retiring in 1990. Marvin also did construction work building homes and apartments in Garner. In his retirement, he kept busy working for farmers near Kanawha and mowing the church lawn. He enjoyed spending time with his family, playing cards, sitting outside in his garage watching the traffic and people go by, gardening and, in his earlier days, golfing and vacationing with family. He was a member of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner.

Marvin is survived by his wife, Phyllis, of Garner; three children, Marlene (Dennis) Willey of Fort Myers, Fla., Craig (Donna) Diekhuis of Mason City and Jim (Jeanine) Diekhuis of Garner; 14 grandchildren, Angie Maiers, Michael Riechmann, Michele (Jon) Formanek, Amy (Matt) Kunkle, Matt Willey, Greg Willey, Perry Diekhuis, Joshua Diekhuis, Noah Diekhuis, Jennifer Diekhuis, Melissa (Chad) Stricklan, Benjamin Diekhuis, Jessica Diekhuis and Jacob Diekhuis; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Rita Diekhuis of Mason City and Jeanette Diekhuis of Clear Lake; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Michael, Dec. 11, 2007; and four brothers, John, Irving, Herbert and Harry Diekhuis. Cataldo Funeral Chapel.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
April 27, 2011