Marlin I. "Skip" Bliss, 86 yrs, of Ida, died at his residence Saturday morning, December 20th. Friends may call at the Capaul Funeral Home Sunday, from 7-9 PM, and Monday, from 2-8 PM. Services will be 1:00 PM Tuesday at Capaul Funeral Home, Ida. Rev. Victor Holtz, of Monroe Vineyard Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Lulu Cemetery with Military Honors under auspices of Lynn C. Weeman, American Legion Post 514.

Born January 2, 1922, he was the son of George F. and Mary M. (Teeters) Bliss. Skip married Betty Jean Holtz April 18, 1945 in St. Joseph's Church, Ida. He served with the US Army from March 1944 to May 1946 seeing action in the European Theater of War, receiving the American Campaign Medal, EAME Medal, Good Conduct Medal, World War Two Victory Medal, and a Purple Heart for wounds received near Acchen, Germany. Marlin retired in 1987 after twenty years with Ford Motor Co, and had owned and operated the Bliss Nursery and Tree Farm for over 50 years. Skip was a Life Member of the Lynn C. Weeman American Legion Post 514, Ida, and was a member of the Ann Arbor Farmers Market for over 70 years.

Survivors include: his wife of 63 years, Betty; a son, David (Dianne), of Petersburg; a daughter, Jean (Earl) Horn, of Ida; eleven grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son Gary and four brothers.

Memorial contributions for Skip may be made to Erie West Hospice.

Online condolences may be sent to: www.capaulfuneralhome.com.

( For your information: an article appeared in MEN 1982 and two articles in March of 2004)

Marlin I. "Skip" Bliss

1922 - 2008