Ronald LeRoy MARCKS

1923 - 2005  (82 years)

• Name	Ronald LeRoy MARCKS
  Birth	14 Jun 1923	Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	2005-MN-025366
  Death	22 Aug 2005	Wabasha County, Minnesota
  	St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Notes	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.
  Person ID	I19188	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	8 May 2021

  
  

  Father	William A MARCKS,   b. Sep 1893, Wisconsin
  Mother	Ruth JAHNKE
  Family ID	F13905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laurel Roberta ENGEL,   b. 6 Oct 1932, Wisconsin d. 26 Feb 1999, Pepin County, Wisconsin (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	25 Feb 1952	Winona County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F13906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2013