Marlin O. Hydal

Hydal, Marlin O. 85 yrs. of Petersburg, died Monday at Heartland Healthcare Center Of Ann Arbor. Friends may call at the Capaul Funeral Home, Ida, Wednesday, from 4-9PM. He will lie in state at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Peterburg, Thursday from 10AM until services at 11AM. Pastor Ainslie Wagner will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant View Cemetery, Petersburg. Mr. Hydal was born August 31, 1920, in St. Paul, MN, to Oscar and Frieda (Dexheimer) Hydal. A High School Graduate, he had attended Concordia College. He married Sylvia Triplett, October 31, 1939, in Hastings, MN. Marlin was a printer for the Toledo Blade for 28 years, retiring in 1979. He had also been employed by the Sealtest Co., of Toledo, and the Petersburg Sun Newspaper. He was a member of St. Peters Lutheran Church, Petersburg, and served as a deacon, Sunday School Superintendent, and on the church council. He also printed the church bulletin, and was active in the church for the past sixty years. Other memberships include the International Typographical Union, Toldeo, of which he was Past Secretary and Treasurer, the Petersburg VFW Dads Post 6509 of foreign service veterans, and was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. Surviving are: his wife, Sylvia, of Petersburg; a son, Gaylord (Kathleen) Hydal, of Springfield, MA; two daughters, Marilyn Francis, of St. Petersburg, FL, Gayle Chick, Los Angeles, CA; two sisters, Marjorie Hamm, of St. Paul, MN, Lavonne Reedy, of Circle Pines, MN; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by grandson, Chad W. Koraleski; and brother Earl; and an infant sister, Marilyn. Memorial contributions for My Hydal, may be made to St. Peters Lutheran Church, Petersburg, or Monroe County Humane Society.