The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., May 2, 2002, page 5

WILLIAM G. "BILL" GARNER

     William G. (Bill) Garner, 85, of Goldendale, died April 23, 2002 at his home.
     Bill was born Feb. 25,1917 in The Dalles to Frank and Mary (Hollingsworth) Garner. He lived on the family ranch in Centerville that was homesteaded in 1876. Bill graduated from Centerville High School in 1934, and on August 14,1942 he married his wife, Ruth in Tacoma. Bill ranched in Centerville most of his life. In 1962 he moved to Goldendale and commuted back and forth.
     Bill had been a brand inspector for many years. He had been a member of the Centerville Grange, a 4-H leader, served two years as president of the Klickitat County Fair Board, was on the Centerville School Board from 1954 until 1963 and had received the Ollie P. Kreps Award for the Pioneer Cattleman in 1998. He was a member of the Goldendale United Methodist Church and was a member of the choir.
     A son, William F. Garner; two sisters, Elizabeth Brower and Gayle Thompson; and one brother, Leo Garner, preceded him in death.
     Survivors include his wife, Ruth, of Goldendale; one son, Phillip Garner, and his wife, Kathleen, of Goldendale; one daughter, Lynn Garner of Centerville; one brother, Henry Garner, of Centerville; one sister, Janice Creson, of Seattle; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services were held April 27 at the Centerville School. Burial was in the Centerville Cemetery.

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