Mankato — Marvin Henry Eibs, 84, of Mankato was called to his eternal rest on Saturday, October 24, 2009, at his home.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday, October 30, 2009, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm, with Pastor Robert Mehltretter of Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 - 10 a.m. Friday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.
To leave an online condolence or to sign the guest book go to www.mvfh.org.
Marvin is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Ruth and Lloyd Greve and Katherine and Daniel Greve, all of Mankato; sons and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Mary Eibs of Tucson, Arizona, Timothy Eibs of Marshall; a sister, Margaret Gilbertson of Lucan; seven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters and brothers-in-law, Elnora and Bernard Lewis, Donna and Orton Thomton; a brother, Leroy Eibs; and by nieces and nephews.
Marvin was born November 16, 1924 at home in Marshall to Carl and Catherine (Richters) Eibs, He was baptized, confirmed and married at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Marshall. He gradated from Concordia College Lutheran Seminary in Springfield, Illinois in 1947. Marvin was united in marriage to Mildred Marks on June 15, 1947. They were married for 62 years until her death on August 26, 2009. Throughout his ministry, Marvin served at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Smiths Mill to January, 1951; First Lutheran of Faulkton, South Dakota, and Zion Lutheran of Ipswich, South Dakota, to December 1953; St. John’s, Mazeppa Township of Summit, South Dakota, and St. John’s, Rauville Township of Watertown, South Dakota, to May 1959; founding pastor of Berea in St. Paul to April, 1970; Faith Lutheran in Sanborn to September, 1991. He moved to Mankato after retiring. He was a member of the Christ Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mankato during this time, ministering to families in Chuluota, Florida, on a part-time basis until his illness prevented him.
