Ronald LeRoy MARCKS

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• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2005-MN-025366

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Ronald Leroy Marcks, 82, of Pepin died Monday, August 22, 2005, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Wabasha.

He was born June 14, 1923, in Frankfort Township, Pepin County, Wis., son of William and Ruth Jahnke Marcks. He attended the Little Plum School and graduated from Durand High School in 1941. He worked on the home and area farms until September of 1942 when he entered the United States Army. He served in North Africa and Italy. After his discharge in 1945, he returned to Pepin where he did carpentry work.

February 25, 1952, he married Laurel Engel at the Central Methodist Church in Winona, Minn. They lived all their married life in Pepin. Ronald owned and operated the Block Factory and managed the local lumberyard. In 1963, he became Postmaster at the Pepin Post Office where he worked until he retired on September 27, 1985. Laurel died February 26, 1999.

Ronald loved to hunt and fish, work with his hands doing woodworking and fixing anything and everything. He was a member of the Pepin United Methodist Church, the Durand American Legion Post 181 and the National Association of Postmasters of the United States.

He is survived by a daughter, Rhonda (Mark) Diers of Eau Claire, Wis.; son, Ross (Erin) Marcks of Hager City, Wis.; grandchildren, Laura and Justin Diers and Colter Marcks; brothers, Bernard Marcks of Pepin, Wis., and James Marcks of Janesville, Wis.; sisters, Joyce (Jack) Schaffer of California, Joanne Glaus of Red Wing, Minn., Virginia (Charles) Hetrick of Pepin, Wis., Carol (Art) Pittman of Springfield, Ill., and Phyllis (Lynn) Seyffer of Durand.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Ruth Jahnke Marcks; wife, Laurel Marcks; and brothers, Raymond and Robert Marcks.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2005, at the United Methodist Church in Pepin with Pastor Sue Bryce officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin. Military rites will be conducted by Maiden Rock American Legion Post 158.

Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Goodrich Funeral Home in Durand and one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday.

Arrangements by Goodrich Funeral Home Durand, Wis. 
 

Died:
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Ronald married Laurel Roberta ENGEL on 25 Feb 1952 in Winona County, Minnesota. Laurel (daughter of Stanley Douglas ENGEL and Ruby M HAWKINS) was born on 6 Oct 1932 in Wisconsin; died on 26 Feb 1999 in Pepin County, Wisconsin; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ruth JAHNKE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Catherine STOLTENBERG. Catherine was born about 1852 in Schleswig-Holstein. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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aka Kate, Katherine