Marlys Wendorf

Memorial Services for Marlys Wendorf, formerly of Deer Creek, will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Deer Creek with Rev. Paul Yearyean presiding. Friends may call at the church on Saturday from 12:30 PM until the time of services. Marlys passed away at the age of 83 years on Friday, December 25, 2015 at the Glenwood Village Care Center in Glenwood with her family at her side and under the gentle care of Glacial Ridge Hospice of Glenwood. Marlys was born on September 21, 1932 to Halvor and Rosa (Zabel) Graven at their home in Baxter Township, La Qui Parle County, MN. She was a member of the Deer Creek High School graduating class of 1950 and on March 28, 1953, was united in marriage with Roy Ralph Wendorf at Trinity Lutheran Church in Deer Creek. Together, they made their home on the Wendorf family farm. She worked for 38 years in telephone communication for Northwestern Bell until her retirement in 1995. Marlys was active in organizing the Deer Creek Deer Trail Days and was a member of the All School Reunion committee, Telephone Pioneers of America, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary, Ladies Birthday Club, and Trinity’s Lutheran Women’s Mission League (LWML). She loved to sew, knit, crochet, make ceramics, and play cards, especially cribbage. She was happiest being a wife and mother to 6, grandmother to 12, and great-grandmother to 9. Marlys was preceded in death by her husband Roy on December 13, 2010; parents Halvor and Rosa Graven; sons Michael, who died in infancy, and Thomas Irwen in 2015; brother Wendell Graven; and sister Lynette Fannin. She is survived by her sons Scott (Suzanne) of Roseville, CA, and Gary (Cindy) of Rush City, MN; daughters Karen Schledewitz of Sidney, MT, Sharon (Roger) Isdahl of Brooten, MN, and Jeanine Wendorf (Calvin Smith) of Maple Grove, MN; 12 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren; twin brother Marvin Graven; sisters-in-law Marcia Graven and Ginger Wendorf; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Honorary pallbearers are her grandchildren Eric Wendorf, Emily Boyer, Elizabeth Wendorf, Noah Wendorf, Brittany Wendorf, Nathan Wendorf, Tyson Schledewitz, Dan Schledewitz, Emmarie Koppinger, Cody Isdahl, Candra Lieser, and Colton Isdahl. Interment of cremated remains will be in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Deer Creek.

Marlys Wendorf

September 21, 1932 - December 25, 2015