Marci M. Garner

Marci Marie Garner, 43, of Bonita Springs, Florida went to be with the Lord on June 2, after a courageous battle against cervical cancer. She was born on August 14, 1970, in Community Hospital in Anderson, Indiana. She graduated from Highland High School in 1988 and while in high school, she participated in volleyball and was on the 1987 All-Sectional team. Marci then went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in secondary English education from Purdue University in May 1994. She continued her education while teaching at Westfield Middle School and earned a Master's in education administration from Indiana Wesleyan University in April 2001. She went back to teach at her high school alma mater for two years, serving one year as the yearbook administrator, before the family moved to Florida. Once in Florida, she flourished as a teacher and mentor to many, traversing three different high schools in Collier County over five years. Her last stop was Barron Collier, where in 2012 she was nominated as a Golden Apple Teacher of Distinction, voted on by both administration and peers through vigorous in-class evaluations. Her interests were her children's legacy; leading others to a relationship with Christ; and NASCARGo Smoke #14! She is survived by her husband, Dennis; five daughters, Anna (Shawn), Kirby, Marley, Eden, and Reagan; a granddaughter, Isabella Rose; her grandmother, Anna Marie Filbrun, her father, Charles Kirby; her mother, Audrey (Filbrun) Rood; her step-mother Patricia (Halsell) Kirby; her father-in-law, Steve Garner (Ellen); her mother-in-law Brenda (Oran) Jones; a sister, Andrea (Kirby) Baldwin (Gary); two brothers, Scott Kirby (Dodie) and Anthony Kirby (Erin); along with Darrell Criag and his loving parents, Rex and Carolyn Craig; a sister-in-law, Nancy Kay Jones; a brother-in-law, Clifton Garner (Chrissy); a step-sister, Denell Roberts (Courtney); several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews; one great-niece; two great-nephews; and other friends and family by the hundreds. Visitation will be from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon Sunday, June 8, 2014, at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home, 1010 North Main Street, Lapel. A graveside service will be held at 12:30 pm Sunday, June 8, 2014, at Pleasant Valley Cemetery at State Road 38 and County Road 625 West in Pendleton and burial will follow. A celebration of life dinner in Marci's honor will be held at Cumberland Road Christian Church, 12625 Cumberland Road, Fishers, Indiana at 4:00 pm, Sunday. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund is being established for the Garner girls in Marci's name, contact Anthony Kirby at [emailprotected] for additional information
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Visitation
Sunday, June 8, 2014
10:00 AM Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home
1010 North Main Street
Lapel, IN 46051


Graveside Service
Sunday, June 8, 2014
12:30 PM Pleasant Valley Cemetery
625 West and State Road 38
Pendleton, IN 46064