Marvin K. Dauner (December 4, 1927 – December 18, 2010) was an American farmer and politician. Dauner was born in Keene Township,

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. Dauner lived in

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with his wife and family and was a farmer. Dauner served on the Hitterdal, Minnesota School Board from 1957 to 1966 and on the Clay County Commission from 1974 to 1986. He was a

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. Dauner served in the

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from 1987 to 1996. He died at the Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, Minnesota.Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Marvin K. Dauner
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1927 births 2010 deaths People from Hawley, Minnesota Farmers from Minnesota School board members in Minnesota County commissioners in Minnesota Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Lutherans from Minnesota 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Democratic-stub