| 1. | Spracklen, Marvin Sol was born on 17 May 1925 in Crawford, Dawes Co., Nebraska, USA; died on 17 Apr 2021 in Boise, Ada Co., Idaho, USA; was buried in Apr 2021 in Black Hills National Cemetery : Sturgis, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA. Notes:
Link to Veterans History Project interview:
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.30724/mv0001001.stream
Died:
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.
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West Nebraska Family Research & History Center
1925 - 2021 (95 years)