Marvin Applegate, Sr

Marvin Lenza Applegate, Sr., son of Lenza Applegate and Leota Florence Sharpton, was born on May 31, 1925 at Strafford, (Green County) Missouri. Strafford is a small town a few miles east of Springfield, Mo. Marvin’s parents moved to Augusta, Kansas in the spring of 1926 where his father was employed at the oil refinery. After his father was laid off during the depression the family moved to Burrton, KS and later to the Haven, KS area where they lived on an oil lease where his father was employed as a “pumper”. Marvin’s first job was also in the oil fields where he was employed as a “roustabout” at ten cents an hour. Marvin completed high school at Haven in 1943 and entered the Army Air Force a few months after turning 18 years old. While in the Army Air Force he completed aircraft armament school and gunnery school. While stationed at an Eighth Air Force base in England with the 305th Bombardment Group he completed 25 missions over Germany and occupied France in a Boeing B-17 bomber. Marvin’s assignment on the combat aircraft was the “Toggelier”, who is an enlisted man, who performed the bombardier function without a bomb sight. Marvin was awarded the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf clusters and attained the rank of Staff Sergeant. Marvin also had one year of active service with the Air Force during the Korean War, but did not see any foreign service. After the end of Ward War II he attended Hutchinson, KS Junior college and Kansas State College at Manhattan, KS and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from K-State in 1950. Marvin married Mona Jean Newman on December 3, 1955 at Oklahoma City, OK. To this union was born two children: Marvin Jr. of the home and Jean Ellen Walker, who resides in Grand Prairie, TX. He is survived by his sister Beatta Smith of North Richland Hills, TX, and four grandchildren: Sarah Walker Bentley and her spouse Andrew of McKinney, TX; Valerie Walker Harris and her spouse Casey of Grand Prairie, TX; David Brian Walker of Grand Prairie, TX and Kevin Michael Walker of Grand Prairie, TX. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, and many other family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his younger sisters Letha Oller and Elizabeth Wagner and his brothers Loyal and Chesley. On April 2, 1978 Marvin’s public profession of Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior was made at Southwest Baptist Church , and he was baptized the following Sunday. While at Southwest Baptist Church he served on the Usher, Budget and Finance committees, and also served as church financial secretary for 32 years from 1983 until January 2015. In 2015 he became a member of Parkview Baptist Church in Wichita. Marvin retired from Boeing on June 1, 1987 after approximately 31 years with Boeing at Wichita, KS and Huntsville, Alabama. While at Boeing he held several supervisory jobs in accounting, auditing, and budgeting including Internal Audit, and Pricing Audit Manager. Marvin enjoyed several hobbies and pursued them with great gusto. He spent many happy hours golfing, skeet shooting, hunting, wood carving, and metal detecting. One of his fondest pursuits was researching his family genealogy; he spent countless hours researching national archives and registries searching extensively for distant relatives in any way linked with the Applegate, Sharpton, Pruett, Parker, and Calhoun lineage in his typical meticulous detail. To our family, know that you were known, researched, recorded, written down, valued by, and most of all, cherished by Marvin. Family Visitation, 6-8 pm, Tuesday, April 5, and Funeral Services, 10 am, Wednesday, April 6, both at Broadway Mortuary, 1147 S. Broadway. Memorials to: Parkview Baptist Church. Share condolences and view extended obituary at www.CozineMemorial.com. Services by Broadway Mortuary.

Visitation

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Tuesday, April 5, 2016 Place: Broadway Mortuary Chapel
1147 S. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67211

Funeral Service

Time: 10:00am, Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Place: Broadway Mortuary Chapel
1147 S. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67211

Burial

Place: Elmwood Cemetery
501 12th Ave, Augusta, KS 67010

Memorials

Parkview Baptist Church
3430 S. Meridian
Wichita, KS 67217

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