Willard (Bill) Stucky
1929 - 2013
Obituary
Willard Stucky, 84, minister and
carpenter, passed away Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at Kidron Bethel
Village. He was known to many as Bill.
Bill was born July 26, 1929, to Emilie
and Gideon Stucky in rural McPherson. On Aug. 8, 1954, he married
Marjorie Olson.
Bill and Marj served Mennonite churches
in Deer Creek, Okla.; Liberal; Turpin, Okla.; and Fort Collins, Colo.
From 1974 to 1984, Bill and Marj were directors of Camp Mennoscah
near Murdock.
After retiring, Bill and Marj moved to
North Newton, and have since been members of New Creation Fellowship.
Bill leaves behind Marjorie; son, Alan
of Denton, Texas, daughter, Jo Suderman of Gardiner, Mont., and their
families; sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth and Wayne Belknap of
Inman; and sister, Margaret Thiessen of Hutchinson.
Bill is preceded in death by his
parents, Emilie and Gideon Stucky; and siblings and their spouses:
Linda and Carl Oberst, Sara and Jacob Daum, Paul and Rosalie Stucky,
Harry and Bertha Reimer, sister, Martha Stucky, Mary and Menno
Doerksen, and brother-in-law, Ed Thiessen.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m.
Oct. 12 at Faith Mennonite Church, Newton. Private family committal
services will take place at Eden Cemetery, Moundridge, following the
memorial.
Memorials may be made to New Creation
Fellowship or to Kidron Bethel. Memorial gifts may be sent in care of
Petersen Funeral Home, Newton.
