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- Van Deraa, Marvin Lester
Kaukauna
Age 76, passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2012 following years of complications with diabetes and heart and vascular disease. He was born on September 2, 1936 in Kaukauna, son of the late Martin, Sr. and Minnie (Sanderfoot) Van Deraa. Marvin married Phyllis Arnoldussen on July 7, 1955. Marvin was a farm laborer, worked at Badger Tissue, and later employed by the Kaukauna Street Department until he had to take a disability retirement at the age of 58. He enjoyed playing sheepshead with family, and gambling on the slot machines in the casinos of Las Vegas and Wendover, NV as well as the local Wisconsin casinos even after suffering a major stroke a few years ago.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Phyllis; a daughter, Christine Hoh (Mark); three sons: Keith and wife Lisa (Schafer), Tracy and friend (Deb Shippy), and Kevin and wife Sandy (Haring); grandsons: Thomas Hoh (Lucy), James Schafer (Amanda), Danny Schafer, Adam Schafer (fiancé Shanna), Justin Van Deraa; granddaughters: Trisha Schneider (Matthew), Tiffany Jankowski (Chad); greatgrandchildren: Matthew, Stephanie, Nyssa, Nyles, Nygel, Travis, Ellie, Ava, Samantha, Grace, Owen, and Emma. Marvin is further survived by sisters: Rose Ann (Donald Huben), Elizabeth (John Schmitz), Barbara (Randy Moehr), and Judith (Marvin Vande Voort); brothers: Jerome Van Deraa (Lorraine) and Gerald Van Deraa (Jeanie); three sisters-in-law: Theresa, Leona, and Joyce Van Deraa; his wife's family: Joseph, Ervin (Donna), Dale (Mary), and Sister Mary Arnoldussen; sisters-in-law: Patricia and Jan Arnoldussen; a brother-in-law, Marvin Hartzheim; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents: Minnie and Martin, Sr.; brothers: Donald, James, and Martin, Jr.; an infant sister, Barbara; two nephews: Dean and Darryl Van Deraa; his wife's family: John and Joyce Arnoldussen, Gladys and Gus Sack, Bernice and Ben Harris, Walter and Theresa Rosenthal, Frank Effa, Eunice and Gene Onkels, Jenny Hartzheim, Gerald, Clayton, Carol, and Kathy Arnoldussen, and special Foster Parents, Pete and Mary Onkels.
The Mass of Christian Burial for Marvin will be held at 11AM on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at ST. KATHARINE DREXEL PARISH @ ST. MARY CHURCH, 119 West Seventh St., Kaukauna with Fr. Jerry Pastors celebrating. Interment will be in St. Mary Cemetery. Family and friends will be received at the Boettcher Family Funeral Home, 2401 Fieldcrest Dr., Kaukauna on Monday from 4-8PM where there will be a parish prayer service held at 7PM and at the church on Tuesday from 9AM until the time of the mass. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund in Marvin's name is being established.
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1936 - 2012 (76 years)
