Marvin K. Holck
1938 - 2020
Marvin K. Holck, 82, resident of
Hesston, Kansas passed away on November 1, 2020 at Newton Medical
Center due to complications associated with dementia. He was born in
October 1938 at Irish Hospital in Forest City, Iowa to Kermit and
Lucille (Rachow) Holck of Kanawha, Iowa.
Marvin graduated from Kanawha Community
High School, Kanawha, Iowa in 1957. After graduation he joined the
Army and served at Fort Bliss, Texas from 1957 to 1960. Following his
military service, Marvin returned to Kanawha and began farming with
his father. In 1986, after several decades of farming, Marvin
attended Bethel College and completed his Bachelor's Degree in 1988.
Marvin then began working for Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA – now
Everence) and eventually became an owner of the MMA Office –
Rediger, Parsons, Holck (RPH) and focused on providing financial
investments and advice to many local community members.
Throughout his life, Marvin was active
in many church and civic activities. For the past 24 years, he was a
member of Bethel College Mennonite Church and participated in
numerous committees including the BCMC Finance Committee and the
Church Board. For several years, Marvin was also a member of the Ten
Thousand Villages Board.
Marvin's lifelong hobby was flying and
he had a passion for aviation. He began flying when he was 17 years
old and flew for over 60 years, logging many thousand miles in the
process. He was an experimental aircraft enthusiast also who built
and flew several of his own airplanes.
Marvin is survived by his wife of 28
years, Joyce (Reimer) Holck of Hesston; his sister, Diane (Holck)
Ruter of St. Louis; his two daughters, Beth Holck (Tom Rosa) of
Washington, D.C. and Brenda (Holck) Spurgeon (Larry) of Wichita; two
daughters by marriage, Sandy (Schmidt) Smith (Tim) of Wichita and
Lori (Schmidt) Harrison (Paul) of Santa Barbara, California;
granddaughter Kaley Spurgeon; three grandchildren by marriage, Molly,
Ben, and Max Smith.
Memorial services will be held on
Friday, November 6 at Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston,
Kansas. Limited seating capacity. Please contact the family for
details at holck.mj@gmail.com. Social distancing and masks required.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to
Bethel College or Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) c/o Miller-Ott
Funeral Home, P.O. Box 32, Hesston, KS 67062.
