Marvin Oswald, 88, of Wayne, and formerly of Allen, died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 at Kinship Pointe Assisted Living in Wayne.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28 at the Evangelical Free Church in Concord with Pastor Todd Thelen, Pastor Scott Kahn, and Pastor Dwight Oswald officiating. Burial will be at the Eastview Cemetery in Allen. Visitation will be on Thursday, at church, from 6 - 8 p.m. with a time of sharing at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Friday morning one hour prior to services.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home in Laurel.
Marvin Oswald was born Feb. 23, 1933 in Beemer to Joseph R. and Anna (Oswald) Oswald. He attended country school through the sixth grade and then graduated from Beemer Public School. Marvin married Eunice Joyce Roth on Sept. 16, 1956 at the East Fairview Mennonite Church in Milford.
Marvin worked in trucking, hauling cars and cattle. He was a lifelong farmer until he began working for Waldbaum’s /Michael Foods in the 1980’s until he retired. He was a member of the Evangelical Free Church in Concord and taught the Senior Adult Group at church.
Survivors include his six children and their spouses, Dwight (Jane) Oswald of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dwaine (Barb) Oswald of Allen, Mary (Jeff) Schoning of Griswold, Iowa, Martin Oswald of Wakefield, Max (Lana) Oswald of Allen and Curtis (Dawn) Oswald of Allen; 19 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; brother and spouse Merle (Betty) Oswald of Beemer.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Eunice on Dec. 18, 2018; siblings Ella (Joe) Ehrisman, Elmer (Deloris) Oswald, Deloris (John) Bellar, Marie (Harold) Eichelberger and Mildred (Vernon) White.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons Kyle Oswald, Chad Oswald, Eric Oswald, Christopher Schoning, Zachary Schoning, Jared Schoning, B.J. Schoning, Joseph Schoning, Daniel Oswald, Jacob Oswald, Colton Oswald, Lukas Oswald, and Nathan Oswald.
Honorary pallbearers will be his granddaughters, Ellie Diehm, Charis High, Charity Anderson, Faith Nichols, Amber Mattson, and Lexi Curnyn.
