Funeral services for Marvin Peekenschneider,
78, of Cherokee, formerly of Aurelia, will be Friday, September 19,
2008, at 10:30 A.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cherokee, with Pastor
Richard Arndt officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
Aurelia, with Military Honors by the Grashoff-McManus American Legion
Post #390 of Aurelia. Visitation will be Thursday from 2:00 until 8:00,
with the family being present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral
Home in Aurelia.
Marvin Willis Peekenschneider was born March
12, 1930, the son of Hugo and Emily (Souls) Peekenschneider at Alta,
Iowa. He attended country school for seven years, and graduated from
the Aurelia High School in 1949. He served in the Marine Corp from 1950
to 1953. On March 2, 1954 Marvin married Doris Knudsen in
Correctionville, Iowa. He farmed south of Aurelia from 1954 to 1958,
then worked construction in Correctionville, for Simonsen Manufacturing
in Quimby, for Christensen Brothers Construction in Cherokee, and for
Cherokee County as a maintainer operator from 1962 till his retirement
in June of 1992. Marvin enjoyed reading, playing cards, flowers and
gardening and operating his mowing service.
Marvin died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at
his home in Cherokee, IA.
Preceding Marvin in death were
his parents, one daughter, JoAnn Peekenschneider, and one brother,
Orville Peekenschneider.
Survivors include his wife Doris of
Cherokee, one son, Rodney and his wife Bonnie Peekenschneider of Lake
Park, four daughters, Vicki and her husband Corry Gorden of Ida Grove,
Mary Loucks and her fiancé Jerry Keleher of Sioux City, Heidi
Peekenschneider of Cherokee, and Tia McKenzie of Remsen. Also surviving
are ten grandchildren, Mitch and his wife Amy Loucks of Cherokee,
Madison Loucks and Nikki Loucks of Sioux City, Calvin Thacker of LaBelle,
FL, Tyler Peekenschneider of Lake Park, Kassandra Karley, Cody and Brice
Gorden all of Ida Grove, and Logan and Lucas McKenzie of Aurelia, and
three great-grandchildren, MaKaelyn and Tayven Glienke and Daenon Loucks,
one sister, Marion and her husband Russell Stamp of Webster City, and
nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
