Marvin Stanley Koontz

Marvin Stanley Koontz, 85, passed away March 10, 2023. He was born January 7, 1938 in Northampton, Pennsylvania to the late Mark and Zenobia (Hall) Kuntz. Marvin graduated from Northampton High School where he was a star football player, playing multiple positions on the team. He was inducted into the Northampton High School Hall of Fame. Proud to be one of his school’s “Konkrete Kids”, Marvin loved the fact that his coach said he was the “best player he ever coached”. He served as a radar tail gunner on the B-36 "Peacemaker" bomber in the United States Air Force, as part of the Strategic Air Command. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and his Masters in Technology Management from American University in Washington DC. Marvin began his career as a math teacher and developed the Computer Science Curriculum for Fairfax County Public Schools, one of the first in the country for high school students. He also tutored many students, passionately teaching them the “why” behind math, so they had a good foundation to build on into the future. Marv loved helping people. He worked with his wife, Shirleyanne, in serving the homeless in Fairfax County and helped her manage the Outreach Center at Pender United Methodist Church, providing furniture, clothing, and whatever else individuals needed to get off the street and into a home. Left to cherish his memory are his daughter, Heidi O’Leska and her husband Joseph; sons, Mark Koontz and his wife Shelley; and Keith Koontz. Marvin has one surviving brother, Arnold Kuntz who is 91 years old and still lives in the same house in Northampton in which Marv was born and raised. Shirleyanne Bittle was living next door to that house and saw Marv over her clothesline in his Air Force uniform. That's all it took. Love at first sight. In addition to his parents, Marvin was predeceased by his wife Shirleyanne Koontz; and his sisters Leonore Kuntz and Gladys Mongilutz. There will be a Celebration of Marvin’s Life in Northern Virginia in May and interment next to his wife at Fairfax Memorial Gardens in Virginia. Details will follow. Memories and condolences may be left online for the family at www.MFHcares.com. In lieu of flowers, to celebrate Marv’s love of helping others, donations can be made to the Compassion in Action Center in Bradenton, Florida - a Christian outreach center providing furniture, clothing and food to those in need, just launched by Joe and Heidi’s church, Church of Hope in Sarasota.https://app.securegive.com/cohope/church-of-hope-main/donate/category (click on Compassion in Action to donate online securely). Or, checks can be sent to Church of Hope, attention, Compassion in Action, in memory of Marvin Koontz, 2300 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Sarasota, Florida, 34240.

Marvin Stanley Koontz

January 7, 1938 - March 10, 2023