Paul Ronald Marvin was born June 17, 1947, to Harvey and Nellie (Puite) Marvin and grew up near Kent City.
His formal education began in a one-room schoolhouse until sixth grade, then graduated from Kent City High School. Paul was drafted and served in ceremonial guard duty stationed at Washington D.C. Paul enjoyed this spit-shine duty, but going to be at the funerals of guys his own age and presenting the flag to family members was always hard. The marching and standing were very hard on his deformed, arthritic feet and he was taken Bethesda Hospital. He was discharged.
Paul and his wife Joanne were married June 21, 1968. They had four children, Mike and Tina of Louisville, Ky; Becky and Scott Seinen and Miriam and Kevin Franken, both of Dorr; Steve and Kimberly Marvin of Hopkins, Michigan; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He worked in printing at Sparta Graphics, O & O Communications, and Formoste Press. In fall of 1971, he graduated from Northwest Iowa Trades College with a drafting degree. He got a position at Monarch Hydraulics as a machinist and soon was lead person in machining.
In spring of 1994, he was sent to Germany by Monarch to check on a new machine. After being there and working on that machine, he thought it wise to purchase it. Monarch expanded in 1997 to another campus in Newaygo. Paul was in charge of setting up all the machines in the plant and the first employee transferred. Instead of commuting from Dorr to Newaygo daily, they built a home in Ensley Township.
He retired from Monarch due to kidney failure and June of 2012, Paul received a kidney from his daughter Becky. In summer of 2013, Paul and Joanne sold their home and moved back down by the family in the Wayland/Dorr area.
Paul was preceded in death by parents and sisters, Helen DeVries and Ruth Stevenson; his in-laws Arnold and Henrietta Bosma; brother-in-law Tony Bosma; and granddaughter, September Ann.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 22, at Wayland Christian Reformed Church, 303 E. Elm St. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Wayland CRC, with visitation from 10 to 0:45 a.m. prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers and in memory of Paul, contributions may be made to Bible League International.
My family is grateful for his service to our country. Thanks