"I am the daughter of Dorothy Ripley. I remember the very beautiful stained glass that Uncle Willard was working on the time mother, my husband Alan Carlson and my grandson drove to Wilton to visit with Uncle Willard and Aunt Dorothy. Also, his gift of growing and maintaining flowers and their garden. Given his many accomplishments in life I remember him as a humble man who was very much loved by his family. Aleta Carlson Brandon, SD "
In loving memory of
Williard I. Smull_Sr.
October 16, 1910 - September 19, 2003
Williard I. Smull, Sr. WILTON, Iowa - Willard I. Smull, Sr., 92, of Wilton, died Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, at Lutheran Homes. Services are 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, 2003, at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Tom Zeleny will officiate. Pallbearers are his beloved grandchildren: Scott Smull, Kevin Smull, Sean Smull, Bethany Grey, Kris Smull, Jared Shuger and Sara Shuger. Burial will be at the Muscatine Memorial Park Cemetery. After the burial, a time of fellowship will be held at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. Visitation was held Sunday, Sept. 21, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Wilton United Methodist Church or Lutheran Homes. Mr. Smull, was born Oct. 16, 1910, in Sweetland Township in Muscatine County, the son of William Irwin and M. Elizabeth Barnard Smull. He married Dorothy G. Birkhofer in Rock Island, Ill. on July 30, 1932. He worked a variety of jobs. He owned a dairy in Muscatine and he owned a pie company in Ariz. He was a flight foreman at Marana Air Force Base in Arizona and farmed until his retirement. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Wilton and the Methodist Men. His survivors include, two sons, Willard I. Smull, Jr. and his wife, Sondra of Bisbee, Ariz. and John W. Smull and his wife, Edna of Burlington; six grandchildren, Scott, Kevin and Sean Smull, Bethany Grey, Kris Smull and Janice L. Ziegenhorn Shuger and her husband, Mike of Wilton. Janice was raised by Dorothy and Willard as a daughter. Willard is also survived by five great-grandchildren: Jared, Sara, Samantha, Christopher and Madeline. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Dorothy in 2001; one daughter, Delores Ann Smull Ziegenhorn; six brothers, Duard, Ralph, Cecil, Henry, Levi and Leroy Smull and three sisters, Fern Pursell, Mary Cole and Dorothy Ripley.