WALNUT CREEK -- Willard P. "Bill" Marner, 97, of Walnut Creek, died Monday, Feb. 19, 2001, at Walnut Hills Nursing Home, Walnut Creek.
A service will be held at a later date in Iowa and burial will be at Kalona Mennonite Church Cemetery in Kalona, Iowa.
Friends may call tonight (Tuesday) from 6-8 at Walnut Creek Mennonite Church.
Arrangements are being handled by Butler-Varns Funeral Home in Sugarcreek.
He was born Feb. 19, 1904, in Wellman, Iowa, to Gideon and Fannie (Miller) Marner and married Alta Doolin on Aug. 14, 1916. She died July 17, 1974. He then married Edith (Troyer) Troyer in Nov. 1976. She survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife of Walnut Creek are two sons, Paul Dean (Fern) Marner of Kalona, Iowa; Wallace Gene (Jan) Marner of Keasauqua, Iowa; four daughters, Mrs. Keith (Helen) Erb of Sun City, Ariz.; Wilma Bender of Maumee; Mrs. Dan (Shirley) Lehman of Walnut Creek; Mrs. Lee (Kathryn) Swartzentruber of Glendale, Ariz; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; three brothers, Walter Marner of Phoenix, Ariz.; Max Marner of Heston, Kan. and Donald Marner of Iowa City, Iowa and a sister, Mary King of Sarasota, Fla.
WALNUT CREEK -- Willard P. "Bill" Marner, 97, of Walnut Creek, died Monday, Feb. 19, 2001, at Walnut Hills Nursing Home, Walnut Creek.
A service will be held at a later date in Iowa and burial will be at Kalona Mennonite Church Cemetery in Kalona, Iowa.
Friends may call tonight (Tuesday) from 6-8 at Walnut Creek Mennonite Church.
Arrangements are being handled by Butler-Varns Funeral Home in Sugarcreek.
He was born Feb. 19, 1904, in Wellman, Iowa, to Gideon and Fannie (Miller) Marner and married Alta Doolin on Aug. 14, 1916. She died July 17, 1974. He then married Edith (Troyer) Troyer in Nov. 1976. She survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife of Walnut Creek are two sons, Paul Dean (Fern) Marner of Kalona, Iowa; Wallace Gene (Jan) Marner of Keasauqua, Iowa; four daughters, Mrs. Keith (Helen) Erb of Sun City, Ariz.; Wilma Bender of Maumee; Mrs. Dan (Shirley) Lehman of Walnut Creek; Mrs. Lee (Kathryn) Swartzentruber of Glendale, Ariz; 16 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; three brothers, Walter Marner of Phoenix, Ariz.; Max Marner of Heston, Kan. and Donald Marner of Iowa City, Iowa and a sister, Mary King of Sarasota, Fla.
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