Frank Parvin, age 95 of Middle Amana, died Sunday, December 11, 2005 at Colonial Manor Care Center, Middle Amana following a brief illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo with Rev. Karl Heck and Elder Ivan Reihman officiating. Burial will be in the Middle Amana Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.

He is survived by his wife Betty, two sons, Clifford “Skip” and wife Jean of West Amana, and Edward and wife Rita of Mountain Home, Arkansas; two daughters, Karen VonLienen and husband Ron of Marengo, and Susan Spidle and husband Duane of Peyton, Colorado; seven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, four brothers, and a grandson.

Frank Neil Parvin was born July 2, 1910 in Persia, Tennessee, the son of Charles and Louvina Mooney Parvin. He received his education in the Rodgersville, Tennessee schools and served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He married Elizabeth Rettig Sherman on December 9, 1946. Frank was employed as a dairy herdsman for the Amana Society for many years. He also worked in the Amana Woolen Mill, retiring in 1975. He enjoyed cooking, fishing and woodworking.