Marvin R. Hunt

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel in Vandalia, Missouri.
Officiating will be: Rev. Bob Hoehn.
Music provided by: Louis Clark, soloist.
Interment will be in the Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Vandalia.
Pallbearers: Richard Jones, Greg Weaver, Mickey Davis, Tony Laird, Bobby Hunn and Rennie Davis. Honorary pallbearers were David and Allen Rentschler, Michelle and Amy Gallop, Terra and Tanya Ragsdale, Emily Smothers; Tasha, Tiffany and Martin Lennox Jr., Stephenie and Robbie Hunt; Jeb and Jesse Snow; Cherylyn and Charles Riechers; Aaron and Charley Jo Riechers; Kevin Cash, George Hannaford, Marty Nation, LaVonne Jones, Denise Laird, Janice Davis, the late Bobby Dale Davis, Jan Balmer, Bob Hoehn, Patsy Clithero, Scott Wood, Mike Starrett, Vicki Nickens, Sherry Kay Cuno, Ruth Caldwell and Charles Scrogin.

Marvin Roy Hunt passed away at 12:25 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2005 at his dear friend's house near Rush Hill, Missouri. Marvin moved to Vandalia with his family at a young age and lived the rest of his life in Vandalia. He attended Vandalia schools and was a Christian by faith. Marvin was a heavy equipment operator at Harbison Walker Refractories for over 46 years before retiring. In 1972, Marvin became one of the first attendant/EMT for the newly organized Van-Far Ambulance district. He was an attendant from 1972 until 2002 and served as a board member from 1990 until earlier this year. Marvin's hobbies were hunting, collecting and he was a CB enthusiast.

Born: August 19, 1924 in Madisonville, Missouri the son of Roy Byruss and Bessie Rebecca (Bontz) Hunt.

Married: Elizabeth Lucille Pope in Hannibal on December 5, 1943; she preceded him in death on May 28, 1992.

Survivors include: one son, Robert L. Hunt of New Florence, Missouri; two daughters, Linda K. Shaw of Vandalia; Donna J. and husband, Dallas Snow of Mexico, Missouri; four grandchildren, Robbie Hunt; Stephenie Lennox; Jesse Snow and Jeb Snow; three great-grandchildren, Tiffany Lennox; Tasha Lennox and Martin Lennox Jr.; special friends, Cherylyn and husband, Charles Riechers of Rush Hill; several nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by: one sister, Velma June Martin.

Memorials may be made to the Marvin Hunt Commemorative Plaque.