Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Marion Leroy Duval October 22, 1917 to November 18 2014

Marion Leroy Duval was born October 22, 1917 in a farmhouse 6 1/2 miles south of Bladen, the oldest of eight children born to Earl and Sarah (Hansen) Duval.  He lived 90 of his  97 years in the Bladen community.  Marion died November 18, 2014  in Peoria, Arizona at Amethyst Assisted Living.
Memorial services were 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Bladen with the Rev. Dan Albers officiating.
He graduated from Bladen High School in May of 1934 and married Ina June Potts on November 12, 1940 in Goldendale, Washington.
Marion farmed, worked at the Hastings Ammunitions Depot, owned and operated a livestock semi, owned and ran a gas station, drove a milk truck and ran a feed mill until he retired in Bladen to garden.  In 2011,  Marion and June moved to Amethyst Assisted Living in Peoria, Arizona.
Marion was preceded in death by his parents, his in-laws, brothers, Ken and Earl(Bud) and sisters, Opal Offner and Marjorie Skrdlant and several sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws.
Survivors include his wife, June of Peoria, Arizona, daughters and spouses, Mardelle (Gerald) Grandstaff, Bladen, Evelyn (Ken) Larrick, Bladen and Sun City, Arizona, Marilyn Duval, Glendale, Arizona; 9 grandchildren and spouses,  Cris Larrick Holcomb, Kansas, Stacey (Robert) Hesman Woodbine, Iowa, Brent (Michelle) Falgione, Lincoln, Sarah (Todd) Joyce, Louisville, Janelle (Chris) Wormuth, Blair, Matthew (Jenni) Falgione Phoenix, Arizona,  Amy Larrick (Raul Chavez-Valdez) Baltimore, Maryland, Justin (Sue) Grandstaff, St Paul, Minnesota, Jennifer (Dennis) Sykora, Deweese;  14 great-grandchildren,  Samantha and Ashlee Larrick, Kaitlin and Andrew Bierhaus, Michaella, Beau and Marcus Hesman, Devon and Zachary Wormuth, Michael Grandstaff, Olivia and Lincoln Falgione, and Brianna and Anthony Falgione;  brother, Clair Duval, Hastings; sisters and spouse, Bonnie (Kenny) Lovejoy, Red Cloud; Hazel Henne, Bridgeport; sisters-in-law; Edith Hendrickson, Hastings, Carolyn Cornett, Friendswood, Texas, Pearl Duval, Holdrege; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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