Marvin D. Odland

Marvin David Odland

was born in Grand Forks,

ND November 21, 1925

and died peacefully No-

vember 11, 2019.

He graduated from Cen-

tral High School in Grand

Forks and from Gustavus

Adolphus College in St.

Peter, Minnesota which

he attended under the

Navy V-12 program. Mar-

vin graduated from the

Luther Seminary in St

Paul, Minnesota in 1949.

He served his first parish

in Harvey, North Dakota

until 1953 moving to

Bethany Lutheran Church

in Minot where he served

for 17 years. He then be-

came the Chaplin at Trini-

ty Medical Center for

another 17 years. On his

retirement in 1987, he

moved to Hot Springs Vil-

lage, Arkansas, where he

indulged his passion for

golf, and then later moved

to Richfield, Minnesota.

At Gustavus, Marvin

met Phyllis Peterson.

They were married Au-

gust 23, 1947, raised four

children, and enjoyed

over 72 years of marriage.

Marvin and Phyllis en-

joyed traveling and al-

ways remembered their

six-week trip to Europe in

1963 and a number of

wonderful cruise experi-

ences. Marvin was a

member of Lions Club

International for over 50

years and was named a

Melvin Jones Fellow in

1993.

Marvin was preceded in

death by daughter Anne;

and is survived by his

wife, Phyllis; children Da-

vid (Susan) Odland, Linda

(Jim) Brown and Mark

(Rebecca) Odland;

grandchildren Jeffery,

Erik, Amy and Adam; and

five great-grandchildren.

Memorial service 11:00

AM Thursday, December

5 at Mount Olivet Luth-

eran Church, 5025 Knox

Ave., Mpls, MN. Memori-

als to Gustavus Adolphus

College or Luther Sem-

inary.