Marlyn C. Low

NORFOLK — Marlyn C. Low, 91, of Norfolk died Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Norfolk Veterans Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Norfolk, with private family inurnment at a later date at the Scribner Cemetery and the Rev. David Cox officiating. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. Military rites will be by American Legion Post 16, VFW Post 1644 and the United States Air Force. Marlyn C. Low was born Oct. 18, 1922, at rural Scribner to Charles F. and Alpha L. (Miller) Low. He was baptized and then confirmed in 1937 at St. John’s Ridgeley Lutheran Church, rural Scribner. He attended District 12 until the tenth grade and graduated from Scribner High School in 1939. He married Betty Hollander on Oct. 20, 1942, at St. John’s Ridgeley Lutheran Church in rural Scribner. He served in the United States Army Air Corps and served in World War II from Aug. 2, 1943, to March 17, 1946. Marlyn graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture in January of 1949 with a major in agricultural economics and a minor in agronomy. He taught vocational agriculture classes at West Point and Valparaiso for four years and spent several years as a field representative for farm organizations in Iowa and Nebraska. Marlyn also taught vocational agriculture at Valley for two years before joining the Extension Service as county extension agent, chairman, in Sarpy County for 10 years. During this time he worked on a master’s degree in agricultural education and received that in 1967. That summer Marlyn and his family moved to Medellin, Colombia, South America, where he joined the University of Nebraska mission in Colombia, working with the Instituto Colombiano Agripecuario, helping with its extension and communications programs. When Marlyn returned from Colombia in 1969, he moved to Battle Creek as the Madison County extension agent, chairman, until July of 1985, when he retired. He was elected to the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board of Directors. Marlyn was a volunteer for the Overseas Cooperative Assistance in Honduras, Bolivia and Zimbabwe and the Volunteer Farmer-to-Farmer Program. He also served as president of the Nebraska Extension Services. He had been a resident at the Norfolk Veterans Home since September of 2007. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Norfolk, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, former Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board of Directors and offices, Volunteer for Overseas Cooperative Assistance in Honduras, Bolivia and Zimbabwe and Volunteer Farmer-to-Farmer Program Survivors are wife Betty Low of Norfolk; children Keith Low and his fiancee, Barbara Allen of Frederick, Md., Dr. Kevin and wife Jennifer Low of Chappell, Dr. Karey and wife Dr. Pam Low of Tulsa, Okla., Kathy (Low) Hovermale and fiance Doug Smith of Lincoln; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents; daughter-in-law Brenda Low; grandsons Tiege Hovermale and Steve Smith; siblings Harold Thernes, Edith Havekost, Burdette Low and Harlan Low. In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to St. John’s Ridgeley Lutheran Church in Scribner or St. John’s Lutheran Church in Norfolk or Myositis Association, either online at myositis.org, or by mail, 1737 King St., Ste. 600, Alexandria, Va., 22314.

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Marlyn C. Low

October 18, 1922 - April 24, 2014