Marvin W. Causey, age 102, went home to heaven on September 24, 2021. He was born in Ruston, Louisiana on August 1, 1919, to Floyd and Willie Causey. At a very young age, Marvin moved with his parents to New Mexico, settling in Albuquerque. Marvin attended public schools and was graduated from Albuquerque High School.
After high school, Marvin worked at various jobs, but with WWII looming on the horizon, he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps. He traveled to Europe as one of over sixteen thousand soldiers on the Queen Mary ocean liner. Marvin came ashore at Normandy and fought in France and Germany until the war ended. He rose from being an enlisted man to an officer during his wartime service. He ultimately retired from the Air Force Reserves with the rank of Lt.Colonel.
While in Albuquerque, before going overseas, Marvin met Matilda Mataya, a young nursing student from Raton, on a blind date. After knowing each other for only a few days, he and Tillie were married. It was a marriage that would last 79 years.
After the war, Marvin attended the University of New Mexico. He graduated from UNM as the valedictorian of the class of 1949. Next came MIT where he earned his Master’s degree. He worked as an engineer for the US Forest Service before going to Sandia Laboratories where he worked until his retirement. Marvin pursued numerous other interests in his lifetime including ranching and real estate. He loved hunting and fishing in the mountains of New Mexico.
Marvin was devoted to Tillie, his children, and his extended family. Whether they were blood relatives or came into his life by marriage or otherwise, all were accepted and treated the same. He was a member of Berean Baptist Church and enjoyed the fellowship of his Christian brothers and sisters.
Marvin was preceded in death by his parents, his sons Paul and Floyd, and his sister, Betty Akard. He is survived by his wife Tillie, daughters: Michele Goodson (Wes), Karen Bootzin (Gary), and Patricia Newton (Marvin), and daughter-in-law Ginger Causey. He is also survived by grandchildren: Andrea Kachelmeier, Kevin Causey, Joshua Bootzin, Mike Newton, Robert Newton, and Tracy Meier. Ten great-grandchildren also survive.
