Bill Shuler

H.W. (Bill) Shuler, 84, of Corning, entered into rest on Monday, March 7, 2022, at Vintage Park Assisted Living in Lenox. Funeral Services will be 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center in Corning. Pastor Tim Maxa will officiate. Burial will follow at Prairie Rose Cemetery in rural Corning.

Open visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. with family receiving friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2022, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made in his name for the Prairie Rose Cemetery directory. Memories and condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

H.W. (Bill) Shuler was born Jan. 27, 1938, and grew up on a farm south of Corning, Iowa.  He was the son of Myron and Gladys (Brown) Shuler. Bill attended rural country school and graduated from Corning High School.

Bill married Carol Moore, his high school sweetheart, on Aug. 24, 1958, at Fairview Church.  They farmed south of Corning and raised three children.  They were privileged to share over 63 years of marriage together.

Bill loved farming and spent his life raising livestock and crops.  He was small in stature but strong, with a tender spot for the baby lambs, pigs and calves that often made their way into the kitchen for Carol to warm.  That soft spot quickly turned to spoiling his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Grandpa was determined to teach all the littles to stick out their tongues.  When Bill and Carol retired to their house in Corning, he somehow managed to continue raising livestock and crops, but this time it was farming the yard and feeding his birds and squirrels.

He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Olin Shuler and sister-in-law Barbara Shuler, and granddaughter Kari Lee Shuler.

He is survived by his wife Carol; their three children, son Bill (Lynda) Shuler of Corning, son John (Dawn) Shuler of Corning, and daughter Catherine (Pat) Connor of Lenexa, Kansas; grandchildren Bill and Jill Shuler of Brooks, Aimee and Klint Bissell of Bedford, Stacie and Colton McNinch of Rochester, Minnesota, Stephanie and Ryan Mayer of Harmony, Minnesota, Patrick and Kristen Connor of Kansas City, Kansas, Katie and Chris Mushrush of Elmdale, Kansas, Dustin Shuler and Morgan Shuler of Corning; great-grandchildren Braydon Bissell, Tucker Bissell, Kyle Shuler, Payton Shuler, Addison Shuler, Elyne McNinch, Piper McNinch, and Carter Mayer;  nieces, nephews and friends.