Marvin Linder was born March 30, 1929, at Underwood, North Dakota, son of Clarence and Anna Linder. He moved to the Hannaford area in 1932, and graduated from Hannaford in 1947. He served in Korea from 1954-56. In 1956, he married Delores Grinager, born April 6, 1932, in Sheyenne, North Dakota, daughter of Christ and Thelma Grinager.
They live on the former Christ Grinager farm one mile east of Walum. They had two children: Keith, who now lives on the former Thelma Grinager farm; and Denise, Mrs. Kim Amann, of Dazey, North Dakota.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 197