Walter R. Cecil, 88, of 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, died at 4:05 p.m. Sept. 18, 2008, at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake.
He was born Feb. 12, 1920, in Petros, Tenn., to George and Helen Hansen Cecil. On February 5, 1943, he married Mary E. Soltis, who survives.
He was a retired pastor and preacher, who also worked as a nursing home and health care administrator in Colorado, Illinois, Wisconsin and California. He was a resident of Kosciusko County since 1990. He served in the U.S. Army in the 21st Evacuation Hospital from 1941-1945 in the Pacific Theatre. He was a member of Pleasant View Bible Church, Warsaw. He helped organize the Far Eastern Gospel Crusade, now known as SEND International Missions.
Also surviving are two daughters, Marcia Hochhalter, Abbotsford, Wis., and Cindy (and spouse Sam) Baker, Bainbridge; two sons, David (and spouse Rachel) Cecil, Findlay, Ohio, and Dan (and spouse Terry) Cecil, Jacksonville, Fla.; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Betty Chell, Aurora, Colo.; and Helen Claypool, Livingston, Mont. He was preceded in death by one brother.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in the Grace Village Chapel at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Grace Village Retirement Community, 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590, or to Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice, P.O. Box 1196, Warsaw, IN 46580-1196.
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