Marvin O. Larson, 84

Marvin O. Larson, 84, "left us Nov. 3, 2004, to be at peace with his Lord."

He was born on Nov. 14, 1919, in Hendrom, Minn., to Lars and Cora Larson. They moved to eastern Montana in 1924 to homestead a farm. In 1935, they moved to the Flathead Valley.

Marvin worked for the CC camp and helped build the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier Park. He later joined the Army and served in World War II, European Theater, 12th Air Force. He returned from the war in 1945.

Marvin met and married Edna F. Anderson in 1948, and started a family in the LaSalle area. They raised five children and continued farming until retirement in 1982.

Marvin was a charter member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, and a member of LaSalle Grange.

He loved to go camping, water skiing, snowmobiling and farming. In later years he took up golfing, and helped out driving truck for local forest fires.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna; brother, Lyle; and son-in-law, Gary Koepke.

Marvin is survived by sisters, Muriel Hayes of Oklahoma, and Emogene Baldwin of Kalispell; sons, Rodney of Whitefish, Virgil and wife, Denise, of Kalispell, and Kevin and wife, Wendy, of Columbia Falls; daughters, Terry Koepke of Missoula, and Melanie Olson and husband, Ken, of Columbia Falls; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous relatives and friends.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Columbia Falls.

The family requests memorials be sent to Our Savior's Lutheran Church.

"Dad loved chatting with family and friends; we will miss his stories, but know he is surely dancing up a storm in heaven with mom."