Marvin Gordon Clinger
October 04, 1934 - July 03, 2021
Marvin Gordon Clinger, age 86, a resident of Los Lunas, NM since 1985, joined his heavenly family on July 3, 2021. Marvin was born to Gordon and Mary Clinger in Kimball, Nebraska on Oct. 4, 1934. In 1941 he moved with his family to Albuquerque, NM. While attending school, Marvin worked at Davis 5&10 and Fox V-lite Wholesale Drug Company. Later he worked for the Forest Service, Ultradyne Engineering, Dale Bellamah, Noor Manufacturing, Childers Machine & Welding, and was a machinist at Sun Country Industries. Marvin last worked as a machinist for General Electric. in Albuquerque, where he retired in 1995 with 25 years of service.
He loved to camp and hunt and fish and waterski with family. When his 5 children were young he built soapboxes for them to race in the Soapbox Derbies. He could repair most anything. In 1985 he built his solar home in Los Lunas. His love of driving and building “sandbuggies” and refurbishing old cars and tractors spilled over into his retirement years. In 2019, at age 84, he was still overhauling his 1974 Dodge Dart. He was a longtime member and had many friends in the Old Car Club of Albuquerque. He also recently joined the Rickshaw Car Club. Marvin was preceded in death by his parents, brother Darreld, and daughter Judy. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Janice, sons Ray(Rose) and Donald(Tammy) Clinger, daughters Marilyn Luna and Debra Hubeny, and stepdaughters Kandy(Ron) Tyson and Darla(Phillip) Sanchez, and Jessie(Derek) Browning, as well as 23 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren, and dozens of nieces and nephews. Marvin was a longtime active member of New Life Fellowship church located at 1928 Fellowship Way, Belen, NM 87002. Services will be held at the church in Marvin’s honor on July 14, 2021, with Pastor Casey Goodson officiating. Visitation begins at 10:30a.m., a Memorial service at 11:00a.m., and a reception in the Fellowship Hall will follow.
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