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Send Flowers. Kent D. Marquardt September 7, — February 17, Marquardt Primghar, Iowa Kent D. His Memorial Service will be A. Visitation will take place after the service at the church. He passed away losing his battle with prostate cancer on February 17, , at the age of His parents and sister were at his side in the end, after many friends and family had visited him on his last day.
He was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Primghar. The family then moved to the family farm near Primghar. It was there he welcomed his sister, Gail. He attended and graduated from Primghar Community School. During his youth, Kent was active in 4-H raising and showing dairy calves, pigs, and sheep.
Kent had an incredibly strong work ethic due to growing up on the family farm. He excelled as a forklift operator for 24 years until the company moved its operations, He had several other factory jobs in Spencer at Graham Tire, Whittenberg Beverage Co. He made an impact wherever he worked. He also was a collector of toy tractors, Hot Wheels, Harley toys, trucks, and antique tractors that he entered at parades.
Willie Nelson was his music idol and attended many of his concerts. Kent also was an avid Green Bay Packers fan and wore his cheesehead proudly. He also enjoyed helping at the Figure 8 races with the Wulf gang. Kent always had to be busy and doing work. The family farm has been well taken care of with his hard work the last couple years cleaning up the grove. Kent also took pride in keeping the lawn looking pristine. It was difficult in his last days to not be able to do work.
