Marvin Gene Ayers, age 74, of Aplington, Iowa, was born the son of Paul and Maxine Dye Ayers on July 24, 1927 in rural Aredale, in Butler County, Iowa. He attended school through the 11th grade. Marvin married Inez Haan on January 8, 1946, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. After their marriage, the couple lived in rural Aplington and Ackley for a short period and have lived in Aplington since 1948. He had been in the concrete construction and small engine business working for Willeke and Sons Engine Repair and for Parkersburg Lumber Co. He retired in 1990. In his spare time, Marvin loved to read and garden. Marvin died at 4:51 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2002, at Sartori Memorial Hospital from complications of a stroke. He was preceded in death by his father, Paul Ayers, in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Inez Haan Ayers of Aplington, Iowa; a son, Craig A. Ayers of Aplington, Iowa; two daughters, Suzanne and her husband, Terry Geerdes of Waterloo, Iowa, and Barbara and her husband, Jim Kluiter of Shell Rock, Iowa; five grandchildren and three great-granddaughters; his mother, Maxine Dye Ayers of Aredale, Iowa; two brothers, Robert and his wife, Darlene Ayers and Kenny and his wife, Sheryl Ayers, of Dumont, Iowa and two sisters, Betty and her husband, LaVerne Swieter of Geneva, Iowa and Sharon and her husband, Wayne Folken of Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral services for Marvin were held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel, Aplington, Iowa with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery, Aplington. Officiating were Robert Orr and Leonard DeBuhr. Special music selections were "Amazing Grace" and "Old Rugged Cross." Casketbearers were Darren Ayers, Brandon Kluiter, Daniel Kluiter, Doug Ayers, Brian Ayers and Donald Swieter. Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel, Aplington, was in charge of arrangements.

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