Spracklen, Marvin Sol

1925 - 2021  (95 years)

• Name	Spracklen, Marvin Sol
  Born	17 May 1925	Crawford, Dawes Co., Nebraska, USA
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 2021	Black Hills National Cemetery : Sturgis, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
  Died	17 Apr 2021	Boise, Ada Co., Idaho, USA
  	BOISE, IDAHO — Marvin Spracklen, 95, of Boise, Idaho died on Saturday, April 17, 2021, where he lived the last nine months near daughters, Susan and Janine. Marvin Spracklen was born in Crawford on May 17, 1925, and grew up farming in the Chadron area. After serving in the Navy in World War II, he used his GI bill to go to college and earn his bachelor's degree in secondary education. He taught for two years at Chadron High School and then for 13 years at Grant Junior High in Denver, Colorado. Marvin was cast in an advertisement campaign that gave him the money to pursue his doctorate degree at Northern Colorado University. The family moved to Kearney in 1965 and Marvin was a professor of educational psychology at Kearney State College until his retirement in 1990. Marvin was a caring husband, a fun father and always an educator. While in Kearney, Marvin was a champion bowler, a Girl Scout leader, a high school football referee and co-director of the Good Life Conference at KSC. Survivors include his daughters, Susan Knights, Linda Murphy, and Janine Balfour; two grandchildren, Russell Balfour and Aubrey Balfour; and four great-grandchildren.
  Person ID	I63	Hughes-Griffith
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Spracklen, Frank Emery,   b. 30 Mar 1900
  Mother	Hughes, Esther Electa,   b. 20 Aug 1905, Naper, Boyd Co., Nebraska, USA ,   d. 14 Jan 1988, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	24 Jun 1922	Chadron, Dawes Co., Nebraska, USA
  Divorced	ca Mar 1929	Dawes Co., Nebraska, USA
  	There is an ongoing Spracklen v. Spracklen divorce proceedings in February and March 1929 but the newspaper doesn't mention first names.
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Link to Veterans History Project interview: http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.30724/mv0001001.stream