Varner was a core maker at ITT Grinnell for 38 years, retiring in 1979.
More recently, he worked part-time at Stauffers of Kissel Hill, Rohrerstown.
He and his wife, Dorothy Humbert Varner, celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary last September.
Born in Mount Union, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Villa Shore Varner. Varner was a member of Kinderhook Evangelical Congregational Church, Columbia R3, where he served on the board of trustees for 20 years.
Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Gary E. of East Petersburg and Ivan R. of Three Springs; a daughter, Joyce A., wife of Lee H. Stauffer, Elizabethtown; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are four sisters, Zola Brechbiel and Eunice Parks, both of Maple Depot R1, Lolita Snyder of Burnt Cabins, and Vera Try of Mount Union; and a brother, Thomas Varner of Maple Depot R1.
Published June 21, 1990
Varner was a core maker at ITT Grinnell for 38 years, retiring in 1979.
More recently, he worked part-time at Stauffers of Kissel Hill, Rohrerstown.
He and his wife, Dorothy Humbert Varner, celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary last September.
Born in Mount Union, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Villa Shore Varner. Varner was a member of Kinderhook Evangelical Congregational Church, Columbia R3, where he served on the board of trustees for 20 years.
Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Gary E. of East Petersburg and Ivan R. of Three Springs; a daughter, Joyce A., wife of Lee H. Stauffer, Elizabethtown; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are four sisters, Zola Brechbiel and Eunice Parks, both of Maple Depot R1, Lolita Snyder of Burnt Cabins, and Vera Try of Mount Union; and a brother, Thomas Varner of Maple Depot R1.
Published June 21, 1990
Gravesite Details
H/O Dorothy A.
Family Members
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Franklin McClellan "Frank" Varner
1903–1971
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Nelda I. Varner Gagermeier
1904–1990
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Raymond G Varner
1907–1984
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Ethel L. Varner Armstrong
1909–1988
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Zola V Varner Brechbiel
1911–1998
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Vera L Varner Try
1916–1994
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Jay C Varner
1919–1989
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Lolita P Varner Snyder
1921–2021
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Eunice Varner Parks
1923–2009
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John Thomas "Tom" Varner
1925–2018
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