- Date Of Birth: September 27, 1944
- Date Of Death: March 17, 2019
- State: Idaho
Marvin Heikkila, 74, died on March 17, 2019 at his winter home in Yuma Az.
Marvin Rayno Heikkila was born September 27, 1944 in Council, Idaho to Hilda Kantola and Martin Heikkila. His early years were spent at his parent’s home which is now part of the Jug Mountain Golf course, in Lake Fork. He went to school at Woodgrove School on Farm to Market Road. His family moved to Montour when he was nine and 5 years later his mother passed away. He attended school in Sweet, Montour and graduated from Emmett High School in 1962. He moved to Boise to attend Boise Junior college and lived with his sister Irene. He met his wife Karen Coffey that fall and they were married on May 6, 1963. In 1964, their first son, Barry, was born and they moved to Buhl where he started his apprenticeship to be a mortician. Their second son Douglas was born in 1965 and they moved to Payette that summer to complete his two year apprenticeship. In 1966, they moved to Alameda, CA to attend the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. After graduation, Marv went to work at the Shaffer Chapel in Payette.
He is survived by his wife Karen, sons Douglas and Lisa Heikkila of Meridian (grandchildren Andrew/Miranda and Connor); Brent and Ruthie Heikkila of Boise (grandchildren Kailee and Cydney) and Steven and Dianna Heikkila of Roseville, CA (grandchildren Jacob, Samantha and Nicholas). His sister Bernice and Marvin Hendrix of Nampa, a sister-in-law Suzanne Coffey and fiancé Tony Schlapia of Nampa and a step-brother David and Theodora Hackenburg of Glendale, AZ, nephew, Dale and Angie Eldridge and two nieces, Kim Eldridge and Nancy and Rick Husfloen. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister Irene Heikkila and son Barry Heikkila.
