CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Marvin Ellentuck, 90, died Oct. 29, 2016, at Clearlake after a brief illness.

Born July 3, 1926, in Los Angeles to Hyman Ellentuck and Edith Rose Rosenthal, Marvin was a World War II veteran. He entered the service on Nov. 15, 1944, at San Francisco, Calif., having completed his high school education, graduating from Commerce High School in 1944.

He completed Cavalry Basic Training at Fort Riley, Kansas, achieved a rifleman qualification, served with military occupation as a personnel clerk-typist, and was deployed overseas with the 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Luzon and Japan.

He received awards including the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and the Army of Occupation Medal. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant November 1946 at Camp Beale, Calif.

Marvin married Norma Ilene Pierson, daughter of Albert A. Pierson and Lorene E. Baldwin, in San Francisco on Sept. 6, 1961. Together, they had one child, who died as an infant in 1962.

Marvin worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. for approximately 15 years after the war from 1946 to 1961.

He was predeceased by his wife, Norma Pierson Ellentuck; infant daughter Ellentuck; step-daughter, Susan L. Bryant; brothers, PFC Lawrence Block, killed in action during World War II, and Bernard Block Barrett; and sisters, Selma Evelyn (Block) Schechtman Carparella and Ruth Riva (Block) Hand Haight.

He is survived by his adopted grandson and loving caregiver, Anthony Williams, and young great-grandson, Aiden Williams, both of Lake County, and a niece and great-niece in Texas.

Arrangements for cremation are being handled by Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary in Lakeport, Calif.

For further information please contact Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .

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