Marvin Merle Magnuson, 83, Crookston, passed away on July 21, 2022, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, with his family at his side. Marv had a great sense of humor, was good-natured and was especially happy when he was singing and playing his ukulele. Marv was born to Carl William and Mable (Parker) Magnuson in St. Paul on September 13, 1938. He graduated from Alexander Ramsey High School in 1956 and served in the United States Navy from 1956 to 1960. He married Crookston native, Diane Johnson, on May 19, 1962, and the couple recently celebrated their 60-year anniversary. They welcomed daughter Kari Lu, born on May 11, 1963, in St. Paul, where the couple resided. Marv was employed as a computer technician with Univac in St. Paul, and upon the move to Crookston, was in advertising sales for the Grand Forks Herald, a bookkeeper/driver for the Polk County Nursing Service, and ended his working career as a professional truck driver for Paradis, Inc., Brooks, Minn. Spare time found Marv gardening, planting fruit trees, and sharing the fruits of his labor with neighbors and friends. Volunteering was natural to Marv and he served with the Crookston Police Reserve, as an EMT with the Polk County Ambulance Service, led and sang with the Sing-a-Long Group of friends at both care facilities in Crookston (his mother taught him and his brother to sing while doing dishes and at seven and eight years old they would go to a nursing home in St. Paul to sing for the residents). As a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, he sang with the Men’s Chorus, was a charter member of the Crookston Area Men’s Chorus and previously sang with the Grand Forks Barbershop Chorus. He enjoyed the comradery of acting in musicals and dramas with the Crookston Community Theater and served on the Board of Directors with the Crookston Civic Music League and the Golden Link Senior Center. A couple of years found him hosting the open house one day a week during the summer at the Polk County Museum. Family was
