Champaign County OhArchives Obituaries.....Purki, Marvin Earl May 8, 2007
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The Dayton Daily News on May 9, 2007 
PURK, Marvin E. 91, of Dayton, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 
Hospice of Dayton. Mr. Purk was born in Champaign County July 21, 1915 to the 
late Frank and Cloe (Harmon) Purk. He was a seventh generation American and 
fifth generation Buckeye. He is survived by his son, Michael (Janet) Purk; 
four grandchildren: Robert (Christina), Catherine, Andrew, and Thomas (Emily); 
six great grandchildren: Joshua, David, Alyssa, Steven, Corrine, Jacob, 
Catherine, and Elizabeth; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in 
death by his wife of 62 years, Catherine (Helfenstien), son, Stephen, parents, 
and three brothers: Robert, Kenneth, and Gus. Marvin graduated from Johnson-
St. Paris High School in 1933. He was employed in the San Francisco office of 
the Rio Del Mar Country Club on Monterey Bay from October 1935 until December 
1940; by Frigidaire Division of General Motors Corporation from February 1941 
until December 1951; and by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce from December 
1951 until September 1971, at which time he retired as Chief Executive 
Officer. He was the only Chief Executive Officer ever to retire from the 
Dayton Chamber. On his elevation to the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber 
in 1962, the Dayton Daily News stated in an editorial: "He displays a rare 
grasp of broad and complicated problems, and industrious and incisive mind, 
and a flair for getting along with people...and he is the quiet sort who gets 
things done." Mr. Purk's hobbies in retirement were the study of French and 
Spanish languages and cultures, and the monitoring of the European Common 
Market and the North American Free Trade Agreement. He also served on the 
boards of the Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority and the Dayton 
Playhouse. He and Mrs. Purk were members of Grace United Methodist Church for 
many years, where he also served on various boards. Funeral Services will be 
held at 2:00 pm on Friday, May 11, 2007 in the Atkins-Shively Funeral Home, 
216 S. Springfield St., Saint Paris, Ohio, with Mr. Purk's grandson, the Rev. 
Robert Purk officiating. Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery, where Mr. 
Purk will be the fifth generation of his mother's family to be buried, and the 
fourth generation of this father's family

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