Marvin J. Kamenicky, 80 of Kountze passed away on Monday, February 19, 2007 at his residence. Marvin was born on October 20, 1926 in Milam County, Texas to John Robert and Bertha (Kubish) Kamenicky. A former resident of Beaumont,Texas he had lived in Kountze for 8 years. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and served until 1947 spending time in occupied Berlin. Upon being discharged, he went to work for 15 years for the Sante Fe Railroad. Marvin then went to work for the Federal Civil Service and the Army Reserve where he retired in 1988 as a Chief Warrant Officer and was the area maintenance supervisor for the U.S. Army Reserve in Beaumont. Marvin was preceded in death in 1989 by his wife Cloie Kamenicky. He is survived by his daughters, Susan Dausel and her husband Kenneth of Sour Lake, Melinda Coleman and her husband Ray of Kountze; his brothers, Albert Kamenicky of Temple and John Kamenicky, Jr. of Grants Pass, Oregon; his grandchildren, Ronald Davidson, Jr., Susan Davidson and Michael Bain and two great grandsons.
Funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 10 A.M. at Broussard’s Mortuary, 530 W. Monroe in Kountze,Texas. A graveside service will be held at 4 P.M. Thursday at Corinth Cemetery in Buckholtz, Texas under the direction of Broussard’s. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 from 5 – 9 P.M. at the mortuary.
