In Loving Memory
Marvyl Guess
July 29, 1930 - December 9, 2022

CELEBRATION OF LIFE
Saturday, June 10, 2023
10:00 - 11:00 A.M.
Martin-Mattice Funeral Home
Emmetsburg, Iowa

Followed by committal at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Emmetsburg.

Marvyl Guess, daughter of J.P. and Clara Catherine (Ortosen) Krebs, was born July 29, 1930, in Carroll, Iowa.  She received her education in Manson, graduating from Manson High School in 1948.  While in high school, Marvyl participated in cheerleading.

In the summer of 1948, Marvyl met Tom Guess in Plover, Iowa and they were married on June 23, 1949 in Rolfe, Iowa.  Marvyl and Tom made their home in Emmetsburg until 1959 when they moved to their acreage outside of town where they raised their five children.  Marvyl was employed at Farm Mutual Insurance for 40 years before retiring and she was a faithful member of Holy Family Catholic Church and  Catholic Daughters of the Americas.

Marvyl loved living on the acreage where she spent hours caring for her flowers and yard, as well as feeding and watching the birds, squirrels and deer.  She loved to  sunbathe on the pond on a raft that Tom built her and entertaining friends and family around the farm pond. Marvyl enjoyed bowling, playing golf, and snowmobiling with friends.  Marvyl was an avid reader and a skilled Bridge player, always ready to join her friends for a game.  She knit beautiful afghans for her family members.

In 1992 Marvyl and Tom moved into Emmetsburg with their "favorite child", Molly,  their English Mastiff.  Tom and Marvyl enjoyed several winters in Texas and trips to Mexico with very special friends and family.  Her most recent companion was her Yorkie, Boots.  Marvyl cherished every minute she could spend with her family and looked forward to visits from her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She was blessed to have her granddaughter, Missy Smith Hall and her husband, Troy help care for her during her last few years.

Marvyl passed away Friday, December 9, 2022 at her home in Emmetsburg, Iowa, at the age of 92.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Tom; a son, Brian Guess; and seven siblings and their spouses, Ruth, Charlotte, Elmer, Gladys, Julius, Norma and June.

She is survived by her children, Chris and Chuck Smith of Indianola, Iowa, Neil and Diane Guess of Ankeny, Iowa, Lynn and Brad Skinner of Roach, Missouri and Deb Halvorson of Emmetsburg, Iowa; thirteen grandchildren; twenty seven great grandchildren; a sister, Barbara (Jim) Willett; several nieces and nephews; as well as many other relatives and friends.

Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home