Visitation:
Saturday, September 10, 2022
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Secor Funeral Home
New Washington, Ohio
Service:
Saturday, September 10, 2022
12:00 PM
Secor Funeral Home
New Washington, Ohio
Donald E. "Don" Garner, age 87 of New Washington, Ohio passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at the Willows in Willard, Ohio. He was born on August 10, 1935 to the late Lonzo and Elizabeth (Patton) Garner Myers. Don has achieved the degree of Doctor of Business Administration at the graduate school of business administration, University of Southern California. After graduating from Bucyrus High School in 1953, he was an accountant at General Motors Corp., Columbus, from 1955-1962. He served in the U.S. Army from 1959-1960. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Ohio State University in 1962, and was an auditor in the U.S. Air Force from 1962-1968. He earned his master of science degree at Sacramento State University, Sacramento, Cal., in 1968. From 1968-1972, he was a graduate student at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. During this time, he also served as an assistant professor of accounting at California State University, Los Angeles. Don was the Dean of the Stuart School of Management and Finance at Illinois Institute of Technology in 1975-1978. He was the chair of the Department of Accounting at the California State University, Stanislaus from 1990-1999.
He is survived by his nieces and nephews, Laurie (Mark) Behm, David Widman, Fred (Judy) Garner, Pamela (Bob) Adams and other extended family.
Along with Don's parents, he is preceded in death by his siblings, Elwood Garner, Fredrick Garner, Gordon Garner, Maxine Laek, Mary Widman and Nellie Garner.
Calling hours will be on Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the Secor Funeral Home in New Washington, Ohio where his funeral service will beginning at 12:00 p.m. with Pastor Mike Greenler. Burial will follow at the Oakwood Cemetery, in Bucyrus, Ohio. Online condolences can be made to Don's family by visiting www.secorfuneralhomes.com