Marva L. Brown

Paullina, Iowa

Marva L. Brown, 92, of Paullina, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at Prairie View Retirement Home in Sanborn. Her funeral service will be 10:30 A.M. on Monday, August 31, 2026, at First Presbyterian Church in Paullina with Rev. Verlyn Boone, officiating.

Burial will be at Prairie View Cemetery in Paullina.

Visitation with family present will be from 10 A.M. to 10:25 A.M. on Monday, August 31, 2026 at First Presbyterian Church in Paullina.

Arrangements are under the care of the Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Paullina.

IN LOVING MEMORY

MARVA L. BROWN

BORN

June 11, 1934

Hartington, Nebraska

PASSED AWAY

August 26, 2026

Sanborn, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE

10:30 A.M. Monday, August 31, 2026

First Presbyterian Church; Paullina, Iowa

Rev. Verlyn Boone – Officiating

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS

“How Great Thou Art”

“Amazing Grace”

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

Organist: Marj Feltman

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS

Andrew Postma 

Evan Postma

Greyson Brown 

Emerson Brown

CASKET BEARERS

Roger Lentz 

Carson Lentz

Heath Brown 

Greg Lentz

David Brown 

Brian Haase

FINAL RESTING PLACE

Prairie View Cemetery

Paullina, Iowa

After today’s graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements are under the care of the

Eldridge Family Funeral Home; Paullina, Iowa.

MARVA L. BROWN

Marva Lea Lentz, Brown, 92, of Paullina, Iowa, passed away at Prairie View Home, in Sanborn surrounded by her family on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.

She was born June 11, 1934, in Hartington, Nebraska to her parents, Edward and Clara (Haase) Lentz. She was the youngest of five brothers and one sister. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church, graduated from Hartington Public School in 1952, and earned her teaching degree at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Her first teaching position brought her to Paullina, where she taught 3rd grade for 4 years. During this time, she met her husband Donald Edward Brown. They were married on December 22, 1956, in Trinity Lutheran Church in Hartington.

Marva was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Paullina. She was involved in the women’s circle and enjoyed participating in the Friendship Bible study groups. She worked keeping books for the family business, Brown and Associates and Mill Creek Grain. She also enjoyed reading, crocheting, and working on family history. She and Ed loved traveling and spent many years wintering in Arizona. They both enjoyed collecting antiques.

Marva is survived by her children; Sara (Chuck) Postma, Todd (Rhonda) Brown of Paullina, and Mark (Kris) Brown of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota; grandchildren, Andrew and Evan Postma, Heath Brown, Melissa Marx; great grandchildren, Emerson and Greyson Brown, Siena, Jayce, and Tye DeGeorgia, several nieces, nephews, and close friends.

Marva was preceded in death by her husband, Ed, her parents, her siblings, Raymond, Edwin, Harvey, Marvin, Mildred, and Dwain Lentz, and step-grandson, Chad Marx.