Obit of Ware, Marcella Timmons - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 24 Feb 2008 Return to Pontotoc County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Palm Memorial FH--Fresno CA MARCELLA TIMMONS WARE Our mother, Marcella Rockwell, was born in May of 1932 to peanut and cotton farmers, Clarence and Ethyl Bond of Stonewall, Oklahoma. Marcella loved her childhood in the midwest. After a couple of years of college, she met the local ice delivery man, Robert Timmons, they fell in love, and were married in 1950. Together they moved to California to raise their three children, Renna Clifton, now of Fresno, Robert Timmons of Cottonwood, and Roberta Quintal. When their children were grown, they moved to Anacapa Island and were caretakers for the National Park Service for many years. Life on the island gave her the opportunity to meet interesting people from all over the world. When Marcella was widowed in 1973, she decided to return to her real passion, education. She attended, worked, and graduated from Ventura Community College - but that was not enough. She enrolled at California State University Northridge and completed her six years of college in four, graduating with a Master's in Sociology. While enjoying her new life, she met and later married Dr. Winthrop Ware. They traveled the U.S. and loved to camp. Together they enrolled in the Ernest Holmes University of Los Angeles. After graduating, they were welcomed as ministers at the First Church of Religious Science in Fresno, California where they served for the next 20 years. Marcella's love in life was literature. She loved reading and sharing stories. Her home was always filled with books of all interests. She was also quite noted for her love of fountain pens and built an extensive collection of new and antique pens over the years. Marcella was in fact, the hearth of the fireplace, the trunk of the tree, a lover of all people and a foe to none. Her honesty and down-to-earth stability was a comfort to everyone that crossed her path. Her integrity and simplicity served as an example to all. Her generosity and outpouring of friendship are qualities that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. To the masses who loved her, we feel confident in saying ... she loved you too. She will be greeted in Heaven by her parents, Clarence and Ethyl Bond; brothers, Clarence "Bud" and Harold Bond; sisters, Catherine Pearce, Bertha Coble, Jean Rockwell, Sue Hines, and Ollie Butler; and great-grandson, J.R. Timmons Oliver. She will be missed by her own children as well as her loving daughter-in-law, Cindy Timmons; blessed grandchildren, Corey Clifton, Cassy Clifton, and Christy Macias and her husband Danny of Fresno, Franklyn Quintal and his fiancée Sheree of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Andrea and Matt Timmons of Cottonwood, California; and great-grandchildren Corey, Ashley, Megan, Elsa, and Savannah Lyn. She also leaves behind her only living sibling, Wayne Bond of Bakersfield. Please join us for a Celebration of a beautiful life at Ventura Church of Religious Science, 101 Laurel, Ventura, California, on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Graveside Service at Ivy Lawn, Ventura California. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Central Valley Offiliate PMP 551, 5730 N. First # 105, Fresno, CA 93710. PALM MEMORIAL CHAPEL 2983 Tulare Street (559) 233-7267 www.palmmemorial.com Published in the Fresno Bee from 3/18/2007 - 3/25/2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pontotoc County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pontotoc/pontotoc.html