Marvin Dee Bergstrom, 87, died April 15, 2022, at Belleville Healthcare Center. He was born July 20, 1934, at Cuba, Kan., to Arvid and Ethel (Nolan) Bergstrom. Marvin entered the United States Army in 1956 and reported to training at Ft. Chaffee, Ark., and later stationed in Oakland, Calif., until he was honorably discharged in 1957. He then served in the Kansas National Guard for six additional years.
Marvin married Marilyn Johnson on Sept. 23, 1955, at the Brantford Covenant Church. They started their married life north of Clifton. In 1957, they moved to Courtland, where they started a farming and livestock operation. During this time, Marvin started brokering sheep and became a country buyer for Wilson Packing Company of Omaha.
Bergstrom Livestock Company was formed and Marvin continued buying lambs for a major packing plant in Greeley, Colo. Quinten continues the business, which is now more than 60 years in operation.
In 1984 the Bergstroms partnered with the Dreesens from Belleville, to purchase the sale barn in Washington. Farmers Livestock Commission Company operated for the next 23 years until they elected to sell the business. Marvin enjoyed managing the sales operations. He enjoyed traveling in the country and visiting with all the patrons and buyers.
He is survived by his children: Quinten Bergstrom and his wife, Melissa, of Courtland, and Brenda Lagasse and her husband, Lance, of Concordia; grandchildren: Kayla Bergstrom, Wichita; Konner Bergstrom (Brittany) of McPherson; Kora Copas (Taylor), Salina; Layne Lagasse, Norwich; Taylor Lagasse, Concordia; step grandchildren: Derek Stewart (Miranda), San Angelo, Texas, and Devon Sherlock (Kellan), Washington, Kan .; 11 great- grandchildren; five sisters and three brother-in-laws.
He is preceded in death by his wife Marilyn in 2017; parents; and brother, Arvid Bergstrom.
His funeral was April 23, at the Courtland Memorial Covenant Church with burial following at the Courtland Cemetery.
Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home assisted the Bergstrom family with these arrangements, http://www.tibbettsfischer funeralhome.comvvv
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