Mervin Pecinovsky
June 15, 1956 ~ November 21, 2013
Mervin Leonard Pecinovsky, age 57 of Protivin, Iowa died Thursday November 21, 2013 at his home of a farming accident.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday November 26, 2013, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin with Rev. Nick March officiating. Marlene Pecinovsky will serve as organist with the accompaniment of Mirum Humpal as vocalist. The pall will be placed by his son, brother, two sisters and Anita Weiland. Lector for the service will be Art Swestka.
Interment will be in Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery, Protivin, with Ron Novak, Victor Lukes, Dave Ondrashek, Jim Bouska, Brad Moudry and Allen Moudry serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Recker and Mike Pecinovsky.
Friends may greet the family 3 - 8 p.m. Monday November 25, 2013 at the Protivin Community Center, where there will be a 4:00 p.m. Rosary.
Hugeback-Johnson's Protivin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mervin Leonard Pecinovsky was born June 15, 1956, the son of Leonard F. and Rosemary (Kriener) Pecinovsky. He received his education at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Protivin through the 8th grade. He was a 1974, Turkey Valley High School graduate and also graduated from the Area 1 Vo-Tech College in 1976.
On February 12, 1983, in Fayette, Iowa Mervin was united in marriage to Sandra Lau. To this union, one son, Darren was born. The couple later divorced. He remained on the family farm his entire life.
Mervin loved going to farm sales, morning coffee, and the ritual Sunday morning coffee at “Baldy's” with all his buddies. Merv always looked forward to Czech Days. He loved working at the brat stand and visiting with everyone. Merv spent his entire life on the family farm where he worked closely with his father and son. Planting and harvesting were his favorite times of the year. He had a genuine love for working the land.
Mervin was a jokester and loved to tease his nieces and nephews. He also had loved his most recent trips and cruises with his gilrfriend Anita. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. .
Mervin is survived by his son, Darren (Heather) Pecinovsky of Protivin; his father, Leonard Pecinovsky of Cresco; girlfriend, Anita Weiland of Cresco; one brother, Neal (Sandy) Pecinovsky of Mason, MI; two sisters, Karen (Tim) Halvorson of Baldwin, WI and Janet Nulty of Hastings, MN; five nephews, Logan Pecinovsky, Sean Pecinovsky, Ryan Nulty, Erik Halvorson, Chris Halvorson and Alex Halvorson; two nieces, Lynna Nulty and Liz Nulty.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Rosemary in 1988; one brother-in-law, Jim Nulty in 2000.
As Merv would say... “Later”
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As many of you already know, Merv was the love of my life. He gave me incredible and happy memories over the past 2 1/2 years we have been together. We enjoyed our travels together. He turned a town girl into a rock picking, tractor driving, hay bailing farm girl.. I loved his friends and any time we spent socializing with them. So maybe time does heal the pain and loss I am feeling right now. That’s what they say anyway, but one thing that will never change for me, is that I am sure I will love him for the rest of my days. There was only one Merv, and I thank God our paths crossed!!! Anita Weiland
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Mervin, This is to you. I was four years old, starting kindergarden I somehow knew you from church, neighbors; I do not remember. I was very scared starting kindergarden and felt alone, because I didn’t know any one. There were the the girls who knew each other from their older siblings from 4-H and were together. You came up to me and took my hand and said, ‘ It’ll be okay.’ I have known you Mervin for fifty three years of our fifty seven. Even though I moved away from Protivin in 1974 our paths crossed. Reunions, The Mint, and more so at Baldy’s family farm, my home, which always I hope you felt at home. The coffee and smokes were great. I will always remember you Mervin, our class of thirteen at Holy Trinity and then having to transfer to Turkey Valley, class of 110. That was hard and scary, but we got through it and much, much more in our lives. May God keep you in the palm of his hand forever and ever. You will be missed. Look over us all and keep us in your prayers. Joanie Bouska Rohret
Miss you deeply. Vic
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My deepest sympathy to Mervin’s family. Cherish the memories. Jenifer Costigan
My deepest sympathy to Mervin’s family. Merv was a great classmate and always had something to talk about. Hang onto the memories…Merv was a great person. May he rest in peace. Karen (Vsetecka) Maricle
My condolences to the family of Mervin, he was enjoyable to be around in high school. Dale & Cathy Elsbernd (Class of 1974)
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So sorry for your loss. He will be missed! Julie (TV class of 1974)
Your family is in our thoughts and prayers, so sorry to hear of your loss. Jim and Connie Sjostrom
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. Our deepest sympathy to Merv’s family. Bob & Rose Otters
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My deepest sympathies to Merv’s family. Was so shocked to hear of the news. As a classmate of Merv’s , I always thought of him as being kind and very friendly. In adult life he carried on with his continued kindness and friendship to others. He always greeted you with a smile. We enjoyed visiting with each other when our paths would cross, usually at Czech Days but other places too. Loved his joking around. He had a great sense of humor. I will miss him and there will certainly be a void at our 40th class reunion next year. And yes Anita, there was only one Merv. May he rest in peace. Irene (Schmitt) Frantzen
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I am one of the lucky ones who knew him for years and made many wonderful memories!! I have way too many to talk about so I will share my last time with him. It was September 12th, Thursday night, we met at the casino. We shared great conversation over drinks and I told him that I brought my 20 dollar bill to donate and he said put that away. He laid a 50 down and told me to have fun. I never could over all the years win that battle. Well, the penny machines were calling my name. We had so much fun and I turned that 50 to 88.95…He wanted to play black jack and I never had before. We sat at a 5 dollar minimum table and I was nervous to lose 5 at a time. I really did not wanna do it. He laid out 200 buckaroos and then we each had 100s of chips. Our dealer Tom was so kind and patient and the other gamblers were giving advice as well. Two hours of learning taught me well and I turned that into 205. I was on cloud nine but I don’t know if it was me at all, beginners luck or Mervin’s great advice. I had been smoking a cigar and some big guy in a suit came over and said I needed to put it out. Well, I started smoking his cigarettes and realized why he always told me they tasted so good….hahahahha, I will never know anyone who enjoyed smoking those cigarettes like he did. I insisted he take the money and he would only take the 100 he gave me and told me the 50 was to treat myself to a nice meal. We enjoyed that night more than ever. We ate at the buffet and he was disappointed there was not prime rib available. Had I known that this was our last night together, I would have insisted on staying at the casino all night! I am extremely blessed to have been in his life and he in mine. He made me a better person and I could never have thanked him enuff for EVERYTHING he did for me and with me. He was truly the salt of the earth and no one will ever compare to the man I knew and loved. I miss him greatly but I am so thankful we had this one last night.
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Darren and Heather, Thinking of you as you go thru this difficult time. He will be with you in spirit and memories in your days ahead. Know that I have been keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Godspeed!
I will always remember Mervin. He sat after me in school. In alphabetical order. Was quiet as a mouse. Sure going to miss him at the Fast Mart. Joan{Pavlovec}Lentz
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