Sunday, March 27, 2011

In Loving Memory

Orville Eugene Marxen LADSON - Entered into eternal rest on the Friday , March 11, 2011, Orville Eugene Marxen, husband of Patricia "Patty" Ruth Klapper Marxen. Residence Ladson, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at 11 o'clock a.m. at CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior at Carolina Memorial Funeral Home. Orville was born June 12, 1930, in Middletown, OH, the son of the late Rudolph E. Marxen and Mildred Wolfe Marxen. He retired as a millwright at a AK steel mill in Middletown, OH, a member of Dorchester Presbyterian Church and was a member of Old Fort Masonic Lodge # 420 A.F.M. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Patty Ruth Marxen, daughters: Kimberly Ellis and her husband Jeffery of Summerville, SC, and Elizabeth Wolfe and Timothy Ohlbrecht of Pembrook Pines, FL, and a son Timothy Marxen of Savannah, GA, grandchildren, Travis S. Ellis (Danielle), Meredith A. Doggette ( Brandon ), Brittany A. and Tyler J. Wolfe, great-grandchildren Peighton and Henry Doggette. Flowers accepted or donations may be made to The American Cancer Society , 5900 Core Ave., # 504, North Charleston, SC 29406-6070, 843-744-1922. Arrangements by CAROLINA MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME.

My papaw was a great man who lived a long, fulfilling life. He is missed and loved everyday.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death. - Robert Fulghum

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