Marvin Earl Anson
October 8, 1927 - July 13, 2020
Marvin
Earl Anson passed away peacefully on July 13, 2020 in Otsego. He was born on
October 8, 1927 to Earl & Coral Anson.
Marv was active with the Pine Lake Association for many years.
Marvin attended school at the North Pine Lake Schoolhouse and graduated from
Delton Kellogg High School. He was a child of the depression so he learned to be
frugal and developed resourceful traits he kept his entire life. Marvin lived in
the North Pine Lake area his entire 92 years. He and his wife Martha built their
house on Pine Lake #2 where he lived for 69 of those years. One of his favorite
days was the day he retired from the print shop at KVP/Brown Company/Graphic
Packaging after 41 years.
For many years he & Martha went dancing. They both loved to dance. On most
weekends they traveled to wherever their favorite music was playing. Some of
their favorite places were The Prairie Schooner, Bayview Gardens, along with The
VFW and the Moose Lodge in Portage.
Between 1979-1990 he along with his late son in-law Dan Kniss and the DNR reared
& released over 78 thousand Northern Pike into Pine Lake. He was also a
dedicated advocate for establishing and maintaining a high lake level limit on
Pine Lake. His dream was to see no resident have a flooding problem on Pine
Lake. This was something he thought about to the very end of his life.
One of his favorite hobbies was gardening. He enjoyed and shared many of his
peaches, apples, grapes, strawberries, tomatoes, and sweet corn with family,
friends and neighbors. He even went through a beautification phase when he
planted large areas with flowers along Island View Drive.
Marvin was always willing to lend a hand and will be remembered in his
neighborhood for putting along on his tractor. Many people also made a special
trip to his garage when the news got out he was a skilled Heliarc welder.
He enriched the lives of everyone that knew him and will be greatly missed by
all.
He is survived by his daughters: Marla (Dan) Boss and Terese LePert; His sister,
Joyce Earle; grandsons: Curt (Miriabel) Kniss, Corey (Christine) Kniss; great
grandsons: Daniel Kniss and Marc Kniss; special friend Eleanor Snider as well as
several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Martha, best friend and dancing partner
Joan Detzler; son in-law Dan Kniss; brother in-law Kenneth Earle.
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