MARCELLA TIMMONS WARE Our mother, Marcella Rockwell, was born in May 
of 1932 to peanut and cotton farmers, Clarence and Ethyl Bond of 
Stonewall, Oklahoma. Marcella loved her childhood in the midwest. 
After a couple of years of college, she met the local ice delivery 
man, Robert Timmons, they fell in love, and were married in 1950. 
Together they moved to California to raise their three children, 
Renna Clifton, now of Fresno, Robert Timmons of Cottonwood, and 
Roberta Quintal. When their children were grown, they moved to 
Anacapa Island and were caretakers for the National Park Service for 
many years. Life on the island gave her the opportunity to meet 
interesting people from all over the world. When Marcella was widowed 
in 1973, she decided to return to her real passion, education. She 
attended, worked, and graduated from Ventura Community College - but 
that was not enough. She enrolled at California State University 
Northridge and completed her six years of college in four, graduating 
with a Master's in Sociology. While enjoying her new life, she met 
and later married Dr. Winthrop Ware. They traveled the U.S. and loved 
to camp. Together they enrolled in the Ernest Holmes University of 
Los Angeles. After graduating, they were welcomed as ministers at the 
First Church of Religious Science in Fresno, California where they 
served for the next 20 years. Marcella's love in life was literature. 
She loved reading and sharing stories. Her home was always filled 
with books of all interests. She was also quite noted for her love of 
fountain pens and built an extensive collection of new and antique 
pens over the years. Marcella was in fact, the hearth of the 
fireplace, the trunk of the tree, a lover of all people and a foe to 
none. Her honesty and down-to-earth stability was a comfort to 
everyone that crossed her path. Her integrity and simplicity served 
as an example to all. Her generosity and outpouring of friendship are 
qualities that we will cherish for the rest of our lives. To the 
masses who loved her, we feel confident in saying ... she loved you 
too. She will be greeted in Heaven by her parents, Clarence and Ethyl 
Bond; brothers, Clarence "Bud" and Harold Bond; sisters, Catherine 
Pearce, Bertha Coble, Jean Rockwell, Sue Hines, and Ollie Butler; and 
great-grandson, J.R. Timmons Oliver. She will be missed by her own 
children as well as her loving daughter-in-law, Cindy Timmons; 
blessed grandchildren, Corey Clifton, Cassy Clifton, and Christy 
Macias and her husband Danny of Fresno, Franklyn Quintal and his 
fiancée Sheree of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Andrea and Matt Timmons of 
Cottonwood, California; and great-grandchildren Corey, Ashley, Megan, 
Elsa, and Savannah Lyn. She also leaves behind her only living 
sibling, Wayne Bond of Bakersfield. Please join us for a Celebration 
of a beautiful life at Ventura Church of Religious Science, 101 
Laurel, Ventura, California, on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at 10:00 
a.m., followed by a Graveside Service at Ivy Lawn, Ventura 
California. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Susan G. 
Komen for the Cure, Central Valley Offiliate PMP 551, 5730 N. First #
105, Fresno, CA 93710. PALM MEMORIAL CHAPEL 2983 Tulare Street (559)
233-7267 www.palmmemorial.com"

Source:   Fresno Bee from 3/18/2007 - 3/25/2007, Gene Phillips 
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