Grand Forks Herald (ND) - Saturday, September 24, 1988
Marvil L. "Marv" Wenaas , 79, Hunter, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1988, in St. Luke's Hospitals, Fargo.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Lutheran Church, Hunter, where he served many years on the church council. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Baker Funeral Home, Mayville, N.D., and an hour before services in the church.
Marvil L. Wenaas was born Feb. 4, 1909, near Mayville, the son of Theodore and Julia Wenaas . He attended school there and married Alice Bjerke Oct. 20, 1931, Fargo. They lived in Mayville for three years before moving in 1934 to Hunter, where he worked at building construction in partnership with Harold Garrett. They moved to the West Coast in 1942. He worked on construction at military bases in California, Idaho and Oregon, before returning in 1944 to Hunter. He worked for State Oil an Auto Co. in Hunter and started Wenaas Construction Co. in 1946. He built many homes, schools, banks and gymnasiums in the Hunter area. He also worked for Crane-Johnson Lumber Co., in Mayville and was a member of the first 4-H Club organized in Traill, County, N.D. In Hunter, he served terms as town marshal, city alderman and mayor. He was a volunteer fireman and past master of the Hunter Masonic Lodge. In 1972, he and his wife were state presidents of the North Dakota Square Dancers Association, and at the time of his death, he was Hunter's city assessor.
Marvil L. "Marv" Wenaas , 79, Hunter, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1988, in St. Luke's Hospitals, Fargo.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Lutheran Church, Hunter, where he served many years on the church council. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Baker Funeral Home, Mayville, N.D., and an hour before services in the church.
Marvil L. Wenaas was born Feb. 4, 1909, near Mayville, the son of Theodore and Julia Wenaas . He attended school there and married Alice Bjerke Oct. 20, 1931, Fargo. They lived in Mayville for three years before moving in 1934 to Hunter, where he worked at building construction in partnership with Harold Garrett. They moved to the West Coast in 1942. He worked on construction at military bases in California, Idaho and Oregon, before returning in 1944 to Hunter. He worked for State Oil an Auto Co. in Hunter and started Wenaas Construction Co. in 1946. He built many homes, schools, banks and gymnasiums in the Hunter area. He also worked for Crane-Johnson Lumber Co., in Mayville and was a member of the first 4-H Club organized in Traill, County, N.D. In Hunter, he served terms as town marshal, city alderman and mayor. He was a volunteer fireman and past master of the Hunter Masonic Lodge. In 1972, he and his wife were state presidents of the North Dakota Square Dancers Association, and at the time of his death, he was Hunter's city assessor.
Grand Forks Herald (ND) - Saturday, September 24, 1988
Marvil L. "Marv" Wenaas , 79, Hunter, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1988, in St. Luke's Hospitals, Fargo.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Lutheran Church, Hunter, where he served many years on the church council. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Baker Funeral Home, Mayville, N.D., and an hour before services in the church.
Marvil L. Wenaas was born Feb. 4, 1909, near Mayville, the son of Theodore and Julia Wenaas . He attended school there and married Alice Bjerke Oct. 20, 1931, Fargo. They lived in Mayville for three years before moving in 1934 to Hunter, where he worked at building construction in partnership with Harold Garrett. They moved to the West Coast in 1942. He worked on construction at military bases in California, Idaho and Oregon, before returning in 1944 to Hunter. He worked for State Oil an Auto Co. in Hunter and started Wenaas Construction Co. in 1946. He built many homes, schools, banks and gymnasiums in the Hunter area. He also worked for Crane-Johnson Lumber Co., in Mayville and was a member of the first 4-H Club organized in Traill, County, N.D. In Hunter, he served terms as town marshal, city alderman and mayor. He was a volunteer fireman and past master of the Hunter Masonic Lodge. In 1972, he and his wife were state presidents of the North Dakota Square Dancers Association, and at the time of his death, he was Hunter's city assessor.
Marvil L. "Marv" Wenaas , 79, Hunter, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 1988, in St. Luke's Hospitals, Fargo.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in First Lutheran Church, Hunter, where he served many years on the church council. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Baker Funeral Home, Mayville, N.D., and an hour before services in the church.
Marvil L. Wenaas was born Feb. 4, 1909, near Mayville, the son of Theodore and Julia Wenaas . He attended school there and married Alice Bjerke Oct. 20, 1931, Fargo. They lived in Mayville for three years before moving in 1934 to Hunter, where he worked at building construction in partnership with Harold Garrett. They moved to the West Coast in 1942. He worked on construction at military bases in California, Idaho and Oregon, before returning in 1944 to Hunter. He worked for State Oil an Auto Co. in Hunter and started Wenaas Construction Co. in 1946. He built many homes, schools, banks and gymnasiums in the Hunter area. He also worked for Crane-Johnson Lumber Co., in Mayville and was a member of the first 4-H Club organized in Traill, County, N.D. In Hunter, he served terms as town marshal, city alderman and mayor. He was a volunteer fireman and past master of the Hunter Masonic Lodge. In 1972, he and his wife were state presidents of the North Dakota Square Dancers Association, and at the time of his death, he was Hunter's city assessor.
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