Marlow Lindblom

Marlow Lindblom, 68, Bismarck, died July 31, 2006, after a year long battle with cancer. Services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Bismarck, with the Rev. Thomas E. Kramer officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Thursday at Eastgate Funeral Service where a rosary will be held at 7:00 that evening. Marlow was born on June 20, 1939, in McLean County to Ruth Borg and Lynn Lindblom. He was raised on the farm outside of Butte, ND. He attended school in Butte, where he starred in basketball and graduated salutatorian from Butte High School in 1957. After graduation, Marlow attended the Minot Business School 1957-59 and in 1958 married Marcella Kramer of Minot. They moved to Bismarck where Marlow worked at the Mandan and Bismarck Red Owl stores. In 1965, he began a career in the printing business at Quality Printing. Following that, he joined Leland Mast Directory Company, selling yellow page advertising. In 1977, he became a partner in Fronteer Directory Company, an independent yellow page advertising company until 1997 when he founded Design Wizards Graphics and Data. His well deserved retirement began in 1999, at which time he and Marcy started spending their winters in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Marlow spent many years involved in the Bismarck Jaycees and received various awards throughout his years of service with them. He was a life time member of the Bismarck-Mandan Elks. In the community, he was best known for his involvement and organization of local softball tournaments and eventually the annual McQuade Charity Softball Tournament as their manager for over 20 years. He loved to play golf, pinochle and spent many weekends at the family cabin on Brush Lake. A couple of his favorite pastimes were making sure his lawn was free of dandelions and cruising Brush Lake on his pontoon. Marlow is survived by his wife, Marcy; two daughters and their spouses, Michelle Lindblom Doug Eggert, Bismarck and Marla Lindblom-Trautz Bill Trautz, St. Cloud, MN; two sons and their spouses, Mark Dianne, St. Cloud, MN, and Michael Lynn, Bismarck; his grandchildren, Mckenzie Lindblom Eggert, Daniel and Lisa Heitzman, Jesse Kron Erickson and her husband, Aron, and Jason Kron; his mother, Ruth Lindblom, Bismarck; his two sisters, Julie Rick Bucholz, Bismarck, and Linda Gary Knodel, Minot; and two brothers, Russ Coletta Lindblom, Bismarck, and Bob Lindblom, Drake. He was preceded in death by his father, Lynn Lindblom.

Marlow Lindblom

June 20, 1939 - July 31, 2006