Marvin L. Brown

MARVIN BROWN MUSCATINE, Iowa - Marvin L. Brown, 75, of Muscatine, died Thursday, July 9, 2009, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. on Monday, July 13, 2009, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Rev. Kenneth W. Kline of Genesis Hospice will officiate. Honorary bearers will be Jessica Holt, Jerry Morrow, Tim Newton, and Dave Strause. Casket bearers will be Lee Holt, Cory Haller, Kevin Haller, Zane Brown Zimmerman, Tony Martin and Andy Morrow. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday, July 13, 2009, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Genesis Hospice Program. Marvin was born on August 26, 1933, in Aledo, Illinois, the son of Lee and Mary K. Metzner Brown. He married Carol A. Leatherman on February 1, 1958, in Iowa City. He was a US Marine Corp veteran serving as a buck sergeant in the Korean Conflict. He retired as a maintenance supervisor from Monsanto Company in 1993, after 30 years of employment. He was a member of the American Legion Post 27, Moose Lodge No. 388, Duals Cycle Club, and the GWRRA. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, an...[more]

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unting. He was an avid bowler, bowling in both the Men's Major and Senior Leagues. He and Carol enjoyed riding their motorcycle all around the country. He also enjoyed his family and grandchildren, and loved telling stories to the grandchildren. He was also a master woodworker and enjoyed puttering in his garage with his woodworking. There wasn't anything he couldn't fix. He especially enjoyed his beagle, Zoe. Survivors include his wife, Carol A. Brown of Muscatine; three daughters, Cinda L. Holt of Muscatine, Sally A. Haller and husband, Paul, of Muscatine, and Susan K. Brown and significant other, Scot Bieri, of Letts; five grandchildren, Jessica Holt, Lee Holt and significant other, Leann Hilburn, Cory Haller, Kevin Haller, and Zane Brown Zimmerman; two great-grandchildren, Annah Holt and Melissa Holt; one brother, Fred B. Brown and wife, Janet, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois; a sister, Shirley Spence and husband, Chet, of Little York, Illinois; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, John Brown, and one sister, Lenora Mert Martin.