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Marv Diemer

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ15992909 ↗
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Marvin E. "Marv" Diemer (May 30, 1924 – April 23, 2013) was an American businessman and legislator.

Born in New Auburn, Minnesota, Diemer served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He graduated from Drake University in 1950 and was a public accountant in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives as a Republican 1979–1991. He died in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

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This entry incorporates text from “Marv Diemer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.