Apr 14, 2023

Marvin Elm

Posted Apr 14, 2023 9:55 PM

Marvin Elm, age 86, died at the Washington County Hospital on April 12, 2023.  He was born the youngest of four, and only boy to Andrew and Laura (Schwalm) Elm in Baldwin City, KS on July 26, 1936. 

Marvin graduated from Assaria High School in 1954. He married RaNay Schiffman on April 12, 1958, in Seattle, Washington. To this union two sons and a daughter were born, Kevin, Brian, and Kimberly. 

Marvin worked as the branch manager at the Clay Center office for Interstate Securities Company. He then worked for Conseco Finance in Topeka, KS retiring in 2001. Marvin and RaNay spent their retirement years traveling the continental United States in their motor home eventually settling in San Benito, TX in 2015. They moved to Morganville in 2021. 

He is preceded in death by his parents; son, Brian; and his sisters, Mildred, Esther, and Lorraine.

Survivors:

Wife: RaNay Elm of Morganville, KS

Son: Kevin (Deb) Elm of Houston, TX

Daughter: Kim (Bill) Davis of Morganville, KS

Grandchildren: Amanda Davis, Kyle and Echoe Davis, Caleb and Kristi Davis, Kathryn Elm and Kyle Olvera and Bryan Elm

9 Great Grandchildren and several nieces and nephews

Funeral Services: Friday, April 21, 2023 at 11:00 AM at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Clay Center, KS

Minister: Pastor Paul Tessaro

Burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Rural Clay County

Memorials:  Can be made to the St. Paul Lutheran Church c/o the funeral home