Marvin D. Braaksma

MARVIN D BRAAKSMA, 91, BORN DEC. 14, 1929 IN CAMBRIA, WI, TO MINNIE AND DEWEY BRAAKSMA, WENT TO BE WITH HIS HEAVENLY FATHER ON MARCH 12, 2021. MARVIN PEACEFULLY PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME IN ODESSA, FL, WITH THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, FRANCES, BY HIS SIDE.

MARVIN WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS, MOTHER, FATHER, NINE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SON MARK, AND BELOVED GRANDSON LUKE. MARVIN HAD A RICH CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN WISCONSIN. UPON COMPLETING SCHOOL, HE JOINED THE US ARMY AND SERVED AS A TANK DRIVER DURING THE KOREAN WAR. AFTER THE SERVICE, HE MOVED TO CLEARWATER AND WITH HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT, BUILT A SUCCESSFUL PAINT MANUFACTURING COMPANY - ANVIL PAINTS.

MARVIN WAS INTELLIGENT, KIND-HEARTED, PATIENT, AND GIVING. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, FISHING, LITTLE GASPARILLA ISLAND, GOLF, LOBSTERING IN THE KEYS, DANCING, STORYTELLING, FRIDAY NIGHT DINNERS WITH HIS AMAZING NEIGHBORS, AND THE CAPTIVATING VIEWS FROM HIS LAKE HOME.

TO KNOW MARVIN (AKA MERT, MARVELOUS MARVIN, OR PAPA) WAS TO LOVE HIM, AND HE WILL BE MISSED DEEPLY BY HIS WIFE/SOULMATE FRANCES, DAUGHTERS KAREN (ED), KAYLYN (JOE), SHARON AND MICHELE; SONS ALLYN AND ROLAND; GRANDCHILDREN CHELSEA (CHRIS), KAYLIE (NICK), LINDSEY (JUSTIN), DAKOTA, HALEY, BRIDGET (BRIAN) AND ANDREW; AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN COREY, EMBERLEY, JAYLYNN, NICHOLAS, VIOLET AND MADILYN.

PLEASE CONTACT THE FAMILY FOR INFOFRMATION ABOUT MARVIN'S CELEBRATION OF LIFE.