Marvin D. Sanford, 93, of North Platte, passed away Feb. 1, 2018, at Sidney Regional Medical Center-Extended Care.

Marvin Dale Sanford, the son of Franklin Clarence and Josephine Fern (Sadle) Sanford, was born on Sept. 17, 1924, in North Platte. He graduated from North Platte High School with the class of 1942. At the age of 18, he volunteered for the U.S. Navy. He served in World War II as a radarman in the South Pacific for three years until his honorable discharge in 1946.

On Aug. 24, 1947, Marvin was married to Mintra Jeanette Herstedt at Grace Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C., a union to which four children were born.

Marvin worked for Union Pacific Railroad for 34 years and was a proud Union man. He served as secretary/treasurer of his local union. In 1974, he traveled to Washington, D.C., with 5,000 other union members to lobby Congress for Social Security benefits for railroaders. This resulted in Congress enacting the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, which provided for the Tier I benefit that railroaders still receive today.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mintra; daughter, Kate Becker; three brothers, Lee, Don, and Robert Sanford; and cherished friend, Donna Conrey.

Marvin is survived by three children, Sherri (Mike) Hausmann of Sidney, Stephen (Tammie) Sanford of North Platte and Marianne Barrett of Phoenix; one sister, Lucille Fairchild of Hamel, Minnesota; one sister-in-law, Betty Sanford of Colorado Springs, Colorado; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.

Online condolences may be shared at gehrigstittchapel.com.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, at Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens south of North Platte with military honors. Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC, Sidney, is in charge of arrangements.