Marvin Louis “Marv” Evans, 70, California

Marvin Louis “Marv” Evans, age 70, died on March 25, 2010, at his home in Orinda, Calif. Visitation will be Thursday, April 1, 2010, from 6 until 8 p.m., at Peterson Mortuary in Glenwood. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 2, 2010, at 2 p.m., at the mortuary. Pastor J. Kathryn Costas will officiate. Interment will be in the Glenwood Cemetery.

    Mr. Evans was one of nine children born to Robert Emmett and Pearl (Pace) Evans. He was born on May 25, 1939, in Malvern. He attended school in Glenwood and graduated from Glenwood High School in 1957. He received a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1962 from the University of Iowa where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. After graduation, he worked for the U.S. Steel Company in Chicago, after which he joined the Bechtel engineering firm in San Francisco Calif. Later he formed his own construction company. On Jan. 4, 1964, he married Katherine Kapantais of Hammond, Ind.

    He returned to Glenwood frequently and enthusiastically joined in the annual Homecoming activities. He enjoyed attending University of Iowa football games, spending time at his lakeside home on the Lake of the Ozarks and visiting his many relatives and scores of old friends in this area.

    He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers Richard Daniel “Dicky” and Jerald Lee “Jerry” Evans. He is survived by his beloved wife, Kathy; brothers Samuel Wesley Evans of Omaha; and Bernard Wayne Evans and wife Judy of Glenwood; sisters Barbara Evans Markuson; Betty Evans Budd; and Virginia Evans Boyd, all of Glenwood; and Dorothy Evans Black of Huntington, Utah; and sister-in-law Reba Phelps Evans of Colorado Springs, Colo. Also among his survivors are his godson, Aaron Bochner of Alameda, Calif.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

    In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of he donor’s choice in Marvin’s memory.