Marvin Carl Franzen, 87 of Lexington Park, MD, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at Hospice House of St. Mary’s. He was born on January 24, 1928 in Britton, SD, to the late Carl Gunner Franzen and Ruth Cecelia Larson but grew up in Rutland. Marv was always trying to figure out how to make a nickel. He worked long hours with his father in the family grocery hardware merchandise store. He and his brother worked hard delivering propane and selling appliances. Marv graduated from North Dakota University with a Business Degree. It was there he was first introduced to property management as the house manager for Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Soon after graduating Marv attended Officers Candidate School and became an officer in the United States Navy. On July 20, 1953 he married his beloved wife Joyce Marie Franzen in Fargo, ND. Together, they celebrated over 41 years of marriage before her passing in December 1994. Marv came to St. Mary’s County with the Navy. After his first assignment in Norfolk he served at PAX River in Airborne Early Warning Squadron Two as a radio man aboard the Lockeed Constellation “Connie”. Marv and Joyce lived aboard the Naval Station and later […]
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