Jack and Marlys Ohl

[Carolyn Ohl, Jack and Marlys' daughter, is an active and avid genealogist. She is constantly pursuing her various up-lines, locating facts, stories, and pictures. I encountered Carolyn when adding the midwest Leistikows to the family website. I saw that she was responsible for the addition of much material on Ancestry.com. As it turns out, Carolyn ties into our Leistikow family via two paths, both via her mother Marlys. The first connection: Carolyn's grandmother on her mother's side was Malinda Matthias. Her brother, Ernest, married the Clara Buhr, daughter of John Buhr and Bertha Leistikow. The second connection: Marlys' father, Arthur Miller, is the grandson of Johannes and Johanne Müeller. Two granddaughters of Johannes and Johanne Müeller, Frieda and Rosine, married Leistikow brothers, Herman and August.]

Jack and Marlys Ohl

Jack Francis Ohl, son of John and Margaret (Lamb) Ohl, was born on July 16, 1919, in Dunkerton, Iowa.

Marlys Caroline Miller, daughter of Arthur and Malinda (Lamb) Miller was born on November 8, 1921, in Readlyn, Iowa

Jack married Marlys on July 24, 1939, in Iowa, and they had eight children:

Carolyn Marie Ohl Born in 1940, in Fairbank, Iowa. She was married three times and had two sons and two daughters.
Andrea Jean Ohl Born in 1941, in Waterloo, Iowa. She had two sons and one daughter with Michael Green between 1961 and 1969.
Jack Francis Ohl Born in 1943, in Denver, Iowa. He has two sons and two daughters with Barbara Schroeder.
Marianne Ohl Born in 1947, in Readlyn, Iowa. She had two daughters with Raymond G. Hoeg. She then married Gerald D Phillips and they have one daughter together.
Franklin Arthur Ohl Born in 1948.
Julia Anne Ohl Born in 1952. She has one son and three daughters with John Henshaw.
Timothy Roald Ohl Born in 1955, his father. He has two sons and one daughter with Annette ???.
Tamara Jean Ohl Born in 1958, in Oelwein, Iowa. She married Gary Arden Denson on April 13, 1967, in Harrison County, Texas, and they had three children. Gary died in 2014.

Marlys died on September 19, 1994, in Longview, Texas, at the age of 72. Jack died October 1, 2003, in Canton, Texas, at the age of 84.


Marlys and Jack and their 8 kids

Jack Ohl with sons Frank (left) and Jack, Jr. (right)


Jack and Marlys with 5 oldest kids

First published February 3, 2016. If you have comments, corrections or additional information or pictures you would like to contribute, feel free to contact Dave Nims.