Marvin Schlichting

Funeral Services for Dr. Marvin Schlichting, 85, Corn resident, will be held 2:00 P.M., Thursday, October 11, 2012 in the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church , officiated by Rev. Tim Sandy and burial will conclude in the Corn Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Dr. Marvin D. Schlichting was born January 5, 1927 to Mennonite immigrant parents, Fredrick D. and Annie (Bushman) Schlichting in Corn, Oklahoma and passed away Sunday, October 7, 2012 at his Corn residence. Marvin was raised and attended School in Corn. At the age of 17 and during his senior year of high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy on December 26, 1944. The school presented his parents with his high school diploma with the rest of his 1945 graduating class. He served during WWII; he was at Tokyo Bay when the Peace Treaty was signed. He spent a lot a time in Viet Nam and personally steered a boat through the Panama Canal when he was only18 years old. He was honorably discharged on August 8, 1946 and returned to back to his hometown of Corn. He immediately started college at Southwestern Teacher’s College (Now Southwestern Oklahoma State University) in Weatherford, OK. He was married to Loree Huebert on October 20, 1950 in Corn, OK where they farmed and started their family. Marvin had grown up in a home where bone settings were performed by his father. He was always intrigued with his father’s knowledge and practice and felt following his career path was the right choice for him. His father was self-taught by reading medical books, but Marvin wanted to pursue more formal education. In 1954 he continued his education at chiropractic school in Oklahoma City and graduated from Carver Chiropractic College in 1957 and he also attended a post graduate orthopedics course another year. He started his first practice in 1957 in Reedley, California with his brother, Dr. A.W. Schlichting. He later moved to San Jose, CA where he practiced for 32 years. He retired in 1992 and then moved back to Oklahoma in 1994. He soon started practicing at the Oklahoma Health and Wellness Center in Weatherford with doctors Doug Cook. He practiced up until June, 2011. He is a member of the Corn Mennonite Brethren Church, a past member of the California Chiropractic Association, past president of the Santa Clara County Chiropractic Society, director of the California Chiropractic Association, charter member of the American Chiropractic Association and a member on the Council on Diagnostic Imaging of the American Chiropractic Association. He was an independent Medical Examiner, certified in manipulation under anesthesia, and an Independent Medical Disability Examiner. Dr. Schlichting was licensed to practice in California, Oklahoma and Kentucky. He had earned the Doctor of the Year award for Santa Clara County for three different years. He is also a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and other civic organizations and clubs. He served as an area director for Campus Crusade for Christ in San Jose, CA. Marvin never knew a stranger. He could talk to anyone. He delighted in being with his grandchildren taking them fishing, looking at ghost houses, and playing dominoes with them. He and Loree had the privilege of traveling to many countries and to nearly all 50 states. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Arnold Schlichting and Edwin Schlichting and three sisters, Esther Schmidt, Selma Willems and Martha Seimens. He is survived by his wife, of almost 62 years, Loree, of the home, and two daughters, Sunya Notley and husband, R. Steven Notley, Suffern, NY and Marla Myers and husband, Laurence Myers, Silver Spring, MD. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, Sean Myers, Peter Myers, Alexander Myers, Nicholas Myers, Lillian Myers, Elizabeth Schweizer and husband, Brian, Christopher Notley, Anna Eisley and husband, Urban and Kathryn Notley and two great-grandchildren, William Schweizer and Gavin Schweizer. Memorial contributions may be made to Infinite Grace Ministries or a charity of your choice