Marvin Overend, age 69, of Brookings, died Thursday, January 5, 2012, at Brookview Manor, Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at the First United Methodist Church, Brookings with interment at Elkton City Cemetery, Elkton, South Dakota. Visitations will be from 5-7 P.M. Tuesday, January 10, at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Following visitations a Buddist service will be conducted. Marvin Peter Overend was born April 11, 1942, in Hendricks, Minnesota, to Simon and Louise (Rust) Overend. He grew up on the family farm, five miles north of Elkton, South Dakota. Marvin attended school in the Elkton area and graduated from Elkton High School. Marvin joined the Air Force in 1964 and served his country in Viet Nam. While in the service he met Kiyoko Gaja and they were married in Okinawa, Japan, on April 11, 1967. He was discharged from the service in 1967, and he and his bride returned to the states. After living in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for a few years, the couple moved to Brookings where Marvin and Kay worked for 3M. Marvin loved to fish and hunt. Survivors include his wife, Kay (Kiyoko) of Brookings; a son, Steve Overend, of Brookings; a brother, Robert (Pat) Overend, of San Antonio, Texas; a sister, Mamie Herricks, of Brookings; a brother-in-law, Ervin Scharke, of Elkton; three brothers-in law: Katsuyuki Gaja, of Okinawa, Japan, Sunawo Gaja, of Okinawa, and Kaworu Gaja, of Tokyo, Japan; two sisters-in-law Sueko Gaja, of Okinawa, and Tomiko Goshi, of Buenos Aires, Argentina; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Simon and Louise; two brothers: William and Edward; and three sisters: Dorothy Miller, Margaret Scharke, and Mae Buller.