IN LOVING MEMORY
Marvin Allen
Roepke
Obituary, Marvin A. Roepke
Marvin Allen Roepke, 74, active in civic affairs
Ashland OH, Marvin Allen Roepke, 74, of Ashland died
Saturday morning, June 7, 2008, at OSU Hospital in
Columbus.
Marvin was born May 12, 1934, in Ravenna, Portage
County, to Paul Harold Roepke and Dorothea S.
Steiner. He moved to Ashland with his family in
1946.
Marvin graduated in the Class of 1952 of Ashland
High School. He served as class president. He
attended Ashland College. He served in the U.S. Army
Aus MPC, Military Police, stationed at Fort Gordon,
Ga.
Marvin was vice president/secretary of P.H. Roepke &
Sons Inc., a family business that was started in
Ashland County in 1946 by his father. Marvin was a
past member of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers
Association and the National Oil Jobbers Council. He
was a partner in Roepke Distributing Co., First Stop
Video of Mansfield before retiring in 1999.
He was involved in his community, serving as a
member of the tax abatement committee and charter
revision committee for the city of Ashland. Marvin
was a past member and president of Community
Improvement Corp. of Ashland County, served as
president of the Ashland County Cancer Association
and served as a director of Bank One of Ashland.
He enjoyed the years he was a member of Ashland
Jaycees, serving as president in 1965-1966. He
received his Exhausted Roosters Award in June 1970.
He was a former member of Masonic Lodge #151 and
other Masonic bodies, including the Ashland Shrine
Club. He belonged to the Ohio Genealogy Society, the
Portage County Chapter of OGS and First Settlers of
Portage County.
Marvin was a member of Christ United Methodist
Church in Ashland.
Marvin enjoyed remodeling older houses and
gardening. He was an avid reader and spent many
hours doing woodworking. He loved spending time with
his family, especially his grandchildren and
"special grandchildren."
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant
grandson, Zachary Paul Roepke; brother, Paul Harold
Roepke II; his stepmother, Harriett Finney Roepke;
his stepmother, Ruth L. Miller Sharick Roepke; and
sister-in-law, Wanda Jean Gibson Vogus.
He is survived by his wife, Sarah Ann Gibson, whom
he married May 16, 1955; daughter and son-in-law,
Susan Dorothea and Thomas Cardille of Akron; son,
James Marvin Roepke and Pam Reynolds of Ashland; son
and daughter-in-law, Stephen Allen and Tena
(Knowlton) Roepke of Findlay; and six grandchildren,
Amanda Lee and Larissa Sue Gerwig of Akron, Andrew
James and Colten James of Ashland, Rachel Lynne and
Mark Allen Roepke of Findlay and by his "special
grandchildren," Benjamin Reynolds and Emma Thompson.
He is also survived by his brother-in-law and
sister-in-law, Michael L. and Barbara Gibson;
brother-in-law Richard Vogus of Mansfield; a
stepbrother, Raymond (Josette) Sharick of Ashland;
two brothers, William E. (Alison) Roepke of Sandusky
and Ashland and Robert D. (Ludmila) Roepke of
Ashland; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
great-nephews.
Calling hours will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 10,
2008, at Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home.
A service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, 2008,
at Christ United Methodist Church with the Rev.
James Cox and the Rev. Thomas Snyder officiating.
Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home is in charge of
cremation and a private burial will be held at a
later date.
In lieu of flowers, his family suggests that
memorial contributions be made to Ashland County
Cancer Association, 1200 East Main St., Ashland,
Ohio 44805; Ashland County Habitat for Humanity, 19
West Main St., Suite 4, Ashland, Ohio 44805; Hospice
of North Central Ohio, 1050 Dauch Drive, Ashland,
Ohio 44805; or to Christ United Methodist Church
Memorial Fund, 1140 Claremont Ave.,, Ashland, Ohio
44805.
Online condolences may be made to the family by
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