Marvin Chapman

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Marvin Chapman, 75, of Monticello, formerly of Elizabethtown, passed away at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009, at the Piatt County Nursing Home.

Visitation was held at Mackey-Wright Funeral Home, 215 E. Washington St., Monticello, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. The Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass is scheduled at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, at St. Philomena Catholic Church 1301 N. Market St., Monticello. Father Bruce Lopez officiated, assisted by Father Ignatius Okonkwo of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Elizabethtown. Burial was in Monticello Township Cemetery with military graveside rites.

Marvin was born on April 17, 1933, in Gentry, Mo., the son of William and Noni (Piatt) Chapman. He married Carol E. Davis on Sept. 11, 1990, in Elizabethtown. She survives.

Survivors include two sons, Joshua Chapman of Raleigh, N.C., and William Chapman of Mahomet; two daughters, Shirley McDonald of Paducah, Ky., and Amy Chapman of North Carolina; two stepchildren, Mindy Patton of New Baden and Eric Phillips of Sarasota, Fla.; his brother, Glen Chapman of Stanbury, Mo.; his two sisters, Betty (Floyd) Linville of Skidmore, Mo., and Sarah Messener of Grant City, Mo.; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and one sister.

Marvin served in the Army and Air Force for 20 years retiring in 1970. He received the Korean Service Medal and the Bronze Star during the Vietnam Conflict. He retired as a Warrant Officer. Marvin also retired as a machinist from Design and Manufacturing of Fisher in 1995. He enjoyed gardening, wood-working, fishing and flying model airplanes.

Memorials may be made to Piatt County Nursing Home or St. Philomena Catholic Church.

Condolences may be sent to the family at the Internet site www.mackey-wrightfuneralhome.com.