The Superior Express -

Marvin "Mac" J. McDill was born on Dec.19, 1934, in rural Jewell County, Kansas, to Raymond Alma McDill and Ruth May (Underwood) McDill. He died Jan. 19, 2023, in Belleville, at the age of 88 years and 1 month.

Marvin attended the White School District to the 8th grade. Then he attended and graduated from Mankato High School, Class of 1952. He was drafted into the US Navy, and was honorably discharged in 1957.

He was united in marriage to Marjorie Eilene Gunn on Aug. 10, 1963, in Webber, Kansas, and became father to her two boys, Richard Alan Sholtz and Michael Wayne Metzler.

Mac and Eilene made their home in Belleville, where they were members of the First Baptist Church.

Mac worked for the Kansas Department of Transportation in Belleville, where he retired as superintendent. Following his retirement, Mac helped various area farmers during harvest time, and grew especially close to the Householder family.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Eilene in 2010; sister, Faryl M. Lange; and her husband, Raymond.

Mac is survived by his sons, Richard Sholtz and wife, Peggy, of Chapman, Michael Metzler and wife, Tammy, of Goddard; brother, Mahlon McDill of Mankato; grandchildren: Jeremy and Dawn Sholtz, Kelly Eilene (Sholtz) Frazier, Gabe and Kaitlin (Metzler) Buonfiglio; great-grandchildren: Hailey and Hayden Frazier, Dylan and Rylee Sholtz, and Gabriel and Alicia Buonfiglio: his nieces, nephews, and many friends.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 27, at the First Baptist Church in Belleville. A graveside service with U.S. military honors will follow at 1:30 p.m., at Evergreen Cemetery in Superior, Nebraska.

Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m.,Thursday, Jan. 26, with family greeting friends from 5 to 7 p.m., at Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home in Belleville.

Memorials are requested to the First Baptist Church of Belleville, and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home is assisting Mac's family with these arrangements, http://www.tibbettsfischer funeralhome.com