- Marvin Ludwig Sr., 88, had owned Red Rock diner
ATTLEBORO – Marvin C. Ludwig Sr., 88, of Washington Street, South Attleboro, died Sunday at the Life Care Center of Attleboro. He was the widower of Hilda (Hawley) Ludwig.
Born in Waldoboro, Maine on Dec. 23, 1911, he was a son of the late Anson and Lile (Benner) Ludwig. He was a 1929 graduate of Waldoboro High School and moved to Attleboro in 1972 after residing in North Attleboro.
Mr. Ludwig had been the owner/operator of the former Red Rock Diner from 1957 to 1981, which was located in North Attleboro prior to the business moving to Attleboro.
A racehorse owner, he was a former member of the Horsemen's Association.
Mr. Ludwig was an Army veteran of World War II.
He is survived by a son, Marvin Ludwig Jr. of Foxboro; two daughters, Olive Cheney of North Attleboro and Shirley McGrath of South Attleboro; his companion, Harriet (LaDuke) Hingley of South Attleboro; his companion's daughter, Joyce Hingley Wharton of South Attleboro; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was the brother of the late Leon, Burton, Ralph, Roy, Herbert, Carroll and Thurtow Ludwig and Celia Teigue.
Private funeral services will be held Wednesday, with burial in the North Burial Ground Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
Arrangements are by the Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, 161 Commonwealth Ave., Attleboro Falls.
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