In 1958 Marv and Dee purchased the business. They moved the store to a larger facility and renamed it Mouw Decorating. They expended the merchandise they sold to include floor covering, ceramic tile etc.
He continued the business until retiring in 1995. He loved every minute he had the store. He got to meet and know so many people over the years.
Marv was an avid golfer. Over the years he had four holes in one. After retirement he began working as a grounds keeper at the Sibley Golf Course. He also was totally in love with this job. He especially loved working with the high school and college students who worked there in the summer. He continued working each summer until 2013.
After the golf course closed for the season, he looked forward to having coffee with the “City Boys” each morning, and with the group at Pronto each afternoon.
Marv had total knee replacement surgery in September 2015, from which he never recovered. He became a resident of Sibley Specialty Care until his death on Tuesday, November 15, 2016.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 65 years, Delores “Dee” Mouw; children, Brian (wife, Susan) Mouw, Brenda (husband, Walt) Grigas and Brad (wife, Leesa) Mouw; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; nieces & nephews, Michelle, Rick and Jim Winter; two brothers, Harlan (wife, Clara) Mouw and Jim (wife, Audrey) Mouw; and other extended family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son-in-law, Wayne Ott.
The family hopes Marv will be remembered as the fun loving, happy go lucky person he was before he became ill.
Jurrens Funeral Home Sibley, Iowa
In 1958 Marv and Dee purchased the business. They moved the store to a larger facility and renamed it Mouw Decorating. They expended the merchandise they sold to include floor covering, ceramic tile etc.
He continued the business until retiring in 1995. He loved every minute he had the store. He got to meet and know so many people over the years.
Marv was an avid golfer. Over the years he had four holes in one. After retirement he began working as a grounds keeper at the Sibley Golf Course. He also was totally in love with this job. He especially loved working with the high school and college students who worked there in the summer. He continued working each summer until 2013.
After the golf course closed for the season, he looked forward to having coffee with the “City Boys” each morning, and with the group at Pronto each afternoon.
Marv had total knee replacement surgery in September 2015, from which he never recovered. He became a resident of Sibley Specialty Care until his death on Tuesday, November 15, 2016.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 65 years, Delores “Dee” Mouw; children, Brian (wife, Susan) Mouw, Brenda (husband, Walt) Grigas and Brad (wife, Leesa) Mouw; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; nieces & nephews, Michelle, Rick and Jim Winter; two brothers, Harlan (wife, Clara) Mouw and Jim (wife, Audrey) Mouw; and other extended family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son-in-law, Wayne Ott.
The family hopes Marv will be remembered as the fun loving, happy go lucky person he was before he became ill.
Jurrens Funeral Home Sibley, Iowa
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