Marion Allan ‘Jack’ Viers

Mar­ion Allan “Jack” Viers, 88, of Delaware passed away early Fri­day morn­ing (Oct. 14, 2011) and dur­ing fall har­vest at Arbors of Delaware fol­low­ing an extended illness.

He was born on May 10, 1923 to the late Elza and Clara (Davis) Viers of Lewis Cen­ter. Jack grad­u­ated from Orange High School in 1940 and except for two years of ser­vice in the Army Air Corp dur­ing World War II and a short time in Elyria; he lived the rest of his life close to where he was born.

He had a num­ber of jobs dur­ing his work­ing years, but none was more enjoy­able to him than work­ing the land on a John Deere. He loved the rhyth­mic sound of the trac­tor, the smell of fresh turned earth and the sight of grain pour­ing into the wagon at har­vest. He par­tic­u­larly enjoyed the out­doors and in later years was con­tent to tour the back roads of Delaware County rem­i­nisce of sim­pler times. He would think about the rus­tle of cat­tle in fresh straw or the sight of Hol­stein breath on win­ter morn­ing as the cat­tle came into the barn. He would remem­ber the smell of yesterdayÂ’’s mowed clover and tim­o­thy or the fam­ily vaca­tions to Min­nesota fish­ing spots and in par­tic­u­lar the tug of North­ern Pike at the other end of the line as well as ice cold water­melon in the milk cooler. He would men­tion the sight of a cock pheas­ant run­ning between corn rows on a crisp fall morn­ing as he made his way through the stalks with two-row corn picker mounted on his prized John Deere model 60.

Jack is sur­vived by his chil­dren, Allan of Sumter, S.C., Can­dace Hart­zler (Clem Hodge) of Wor­thing­ton, Philip (Christy) of Lewis Cen­ter, Tom of Danville and Michael (Sue) of Hen­der­son, Nev.; 14 grand­chil­dren; 11 great-grandchildren; and brother, Homer Viers of Marysville.

In addi­tion to his par­ents, he was also pre­ceded in death by son, David; grand­daugh­ter, Nicole Good­man; sis­ter, Stella Mann; broth­ers, Jim and Don Viers; and for­mer wife, May E (BarrowÂ’s) Viers.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Mon­day at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, 75 W. William St. Delaware, where ser­vices will be held at 10 a.m. Tues­day with Cel­e­brant Don Lock­wood offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low in Cheshire Ceme­tery with mil­i­tary hon­ors pro­vided by the Delaware County Vet­er­ans Assoc.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to Grace Hos­pice, 355 E. Cam­pus View Blvd., Suite 270, Colum­bus, OH 43235.

Con­do­lences can be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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