Marvin Twardokus

Mar­vin Twar­dokus, 86, of rural Hart­ford passed away peace­fully at Au­rora Med­ical Cen­ter in Hart­ford on Sep­tem­ber 28, 2023.
Mar­vin was born on Au­gust 17, 1937, to Frank and Hilda (nee Quandt). He was bap­tized and con­firmed in the Chris­t­ian faith at Trin­ity Ev. Lutheran Church, Huils­burg (Hart­ford).
Mar­vin grew up work­ing along­side his par­ents on the fam­ily farm.
He mar­ried Ar­lene Schwarze on No­vem­ber 10, 1956, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hori­con and they were blessed with a happy mar­riage for over 49 years. They made the fam­ily farm their home and raised five chil­dren.
Mar­vin was an ac­tive life­long mem­ber of Trin­ity Ev. Lutheran Church and served on Church Coun­cil, as a KML del­e­gate and as build­ing su­per­vi­sor. His faith and trust in the Lord were so im­por­tant to him. His life’s work was farm­ing. He loved clear­ing and work­ing the land, wood­work­ing, build­ing, chain saw­ing, weld­ing, and milk­ing cows, along­side his fam­ily on their farm.
Over the years he re­ceived an Out­stand­ing Young Farmer Award as well as a Land Con­ser­va­tion Award with his fam­ily. He served as an AAL pres­i­dent for years and en­joyed mem­ber­ship in the Farm Bu­reau in his com­mu­nity. He al­ways loved to visit with fam­ily and friends and al­ways greeted every­one with a smile.
Mar­vin is sur­vived by his five chil­dren, Ronald Twar­dokus of Hart­ford, Lori (Bruce) Braun of Hart­ford, Dale (Kathy) Twar­dokus of Mayville, Sharyl (Bill) New­bury of Fontanelle, IA, and Dean (Car­rie) Twar­dokus of Mayville; grand­chil­dren, Andy (Rachel) Braun, Katie (Cam) Ausen, Rachel (Kyle) Bacon, Jacob Braun, Karo­line (fiancé, Cody Homan) Twar­dokus, Kevin (fiancée, Amanda Strupp) Twar­dokus, Kaitlin (Kyle) Jenks, Shan­non and Nora New­bury, and Nathan (Jes­sica) Twar­dokus; great-grand­chil­dren, Glo­ria and Evan­ge­line Braun, Miles and Mar­got Ausen and Olivia Twar­dokus. He is fur­ther sur­vived by his sis­ter, Ir­m­gard (Elmer) Meyer; brother-in-law, Ervin But­zlaff; sis­ter-in-law, Louise (Charles) Wag­ner; and many nieces, nephews, rel­a­tives, and friends.
Mar­vin was pre­ceded in death by his par­ents; brother, Ray­mond; sis­ter, Lor­raine (in in­fancy); wife, Ar­lene (2006); par­ents-in-law, Vic­tor and Lucy Schwarze; sis­ters-in-law, June But­zlaff and Mary Ellen Ras­mussen; and grand­son, Trent Twar­dokus.
Fu­neral ser­vices for Mar­v­in­were held on Wednes­day, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. at Trin­ity Ev. Lutheran Church in Huils­burg, with Rev. Jef­fery Drake of­fi­ci­at­ing. A vis­i­ta­tion for Mar­vin was held at the Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville on Tues­day, Oct. 3, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and again at church on Wednes­day, Oct. 4 from 11:30 a.m. until the time of ser­vice at 1 p.m. In­ter­ment fol­lowed the ser­vice at Trin­ity Ev. Lutheran Ceme­tery in Huils­burg.
Memo­ri­als in honor of Mar­vin may be di­rected to Trin­ity Ev. Lutheran Church.
Koepsell Fu­neral Home in Mayville is serv­ing the fam­ily. www.​Koepsellfh.​com.