Marvin Lee Bivens

October 23, 1925 - April 23, 2011

Marvin Lee Bivens, 85, Brookfield, passed away Saturday April 23, 2011 at Pershing Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be 1:00 pm Thursday April 28, 2011 at Rhodes Funeral Home with Mr. Jim Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1:00 pm Wednesday April 27, 2011 at the funeral home with family receiving friends from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Masonic Service will be performed at 5:30 pm. Memorials have been suggested to the Brookfield Senior Center. Marvin Lee, son of Robert and Alma Tomlinson Bivens was born on October 23, 1925 at St. Catharine, Missouri. He spent a short time in the U S Army stationed at Camp Lee, Va. in the Quartermasters Corp. and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant. While in the Army he was in charge of instructing administration and supply. He is survived by three children; Stephen Bivens, Marceline. Cynthia Stevens, Everett, Washington. Michael Bivens, Ionia, Missouri. Five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, many step-children and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Marvin is preceded in death by his parents, one brother and five sisters.