Marlin L. Gansebom
OSMOND – Funeral service for Marlin L. Gansebom, 96, of Osmond will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Osmond. Rev. Scott Kir- choff will be officiating. Interment will be held at the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Osmond. Military rites will be by American Legion Post 326 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7838 and Sons Of The American Legion of Osmond. Organist will be Lori Koehler with the congregational hymns “Lord Take My Hand and Lead Me,” “Asleep In Jesus” and “Abide With Me.” Pallbearers will be Brandon Gansebom, Clark Gansebom, Chris Wagner, Gregg Netz, Brandi Gansebom and Jeffrey Bartunek.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.
Friday, also at the church in Osmond.
Marlin passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at Osmond General Hospital. Stonacek Memorial Chapel in Osmond is in charge of the arrangements.
Marlin Gansebom, son of Willie C. and Christina (Kube) Gansebom, was born at the family farm 1½ miles south of Osmond on Oct. 11, 1926. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Nov. 14, 1926, by Rev. Erich Holstein. Marlin attended country school at District 42 for grades one to six. He attended Immanuel Lutheran School in Osmond for grades seven and eight. He was confirmed at Im manuel Lutheran Church on April 2, 1939, by Rev. Holstein. He attended Osmond High School, graduating with the Class of 1943. Since these were war years, he stayed at home to help his father farm. On Feb. 13, 1946, he was drafted into the United States Army, taking basic training at Lackland Air Base near San Antonio, TX. This was followed by 11 weeks of Counter Intelligence School at Camp Holaberd near Baltimore, MD. He was then sent with the occupational troops to Germany at Camp Oberusel near Marburg, Germany. He was given an honorable discharge from the army on March 26, 1947. Returning on a troop ship with 800 people aboard, they hit a bad storm in the North Atlantic, three days of waves up to 100 feet high. The storm subsided and they reached Fort Dix in New Jersey. He then returned to the farm and was in partnership with his father.
He was married to Clarice Frevert at Golgotha Lutheran Church southwest of Wausa on April 13, 1952, with Rev.
A. Oesch officiating. After a trip to visit relatives in Mobile, AL, and the Gulf states, the couple moved into the home on the family farm 1½ miles south of Osmond. Marlin’s parents, Willie and Christina Gansebom, moved into a new home they built in Osmond. The couple established a fairly large livestock and crop business on the farm. Here they raised their children Ruth, Lynette, Alan and Larry, all of whom graduated from Osmond High School and went on to college. After 39 years on the farm, the couple built a new house in Osmond, moving there in January of 1991. Larry and his wife Susan moved to the farm to continue the farm business. Marlin was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church all his life. He was also a member of the American Legion and the VFW in Osmond.
He is survived by his wife of over 71 years, Clarice Gansebom of Osmond; his four children, Ruth (Michael Bartunek of Bainbridge Island, WA, Lynette Colletta of Laguna Niguel, CA, Alan (Lisa) Gansebom of Naples, FL, and Larry (Susan) Gansebom of Osmond; eight grandchildren and spouses, Jeffrey (Caitlin) Bartunek, Laura Bartunek, Matthew (Kristin) Colletta, Andrew Colletta, Alison (Alan) Laidler, Ariel (Matt) Wallace, Jenna Gansebom and Brandi Gansebom; eight great-grandchildren, Wyatt and Juniper Bartunek, Olivia and Ella Colletta, Brock and Lilac Laidler and Meadow and River Wallace, and one sister, Faye Wangstrom of Yankton, S.D.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie and Christina; one son, Dennis, who died of the flu at the age of one; one brother, Everett and wife Helen; one sister, Edith and husband Al Geisler; brother and sister-in-law Murry and Joyce Wagner and brotherin-law Donald Wangstrom.
Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel. com.
