Bernard "Bernie" Paul Mahlar

Bernard 'Bernie' Paul Mahlar, 100, resident of 208 Ellis Ave., widower of Elizabeth (Betty) Woodyard Mahlar died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005 at Abbeville Nursing Home.
He was born August 29, 1904 in Woodbury, CT. He graduated from Woodbury, CT public schools. Because of his interest in the Bible, he became associated with Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1923, the family moved to Glendale, CA. He continued his Bible studies with the Glendale congregation. Later he worked for many years as a missionary for Jehovah's Witnesses under the direction of The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Brooklyn, NY. He preached the good news of God's Kingdom in his country including both the Carolinas, and also in Canada. He retired from Greene's Service Center as an electronic technician. He has been an active member of the Abbeville Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses for many years.
He is survived by two daughters ? Lilia Ostman of Hendersonville, NC and Linda Edwards of Spartanburg, SC, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday Jan. 9, 2005 at 2:00 from the Abbeville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses with the Rev. Gene Clifton officiating. The burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
The body is at The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 PM Saturday evening. The family is at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Randall Kidd, 205 West Pinkney St., Abbeville, SC.
Memorials may be made to the Abbeville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 205 West Pinkney St., Abbeville, SC 29620.
THE CHANDLER-JACKSON FUNERAL HOME, ABBEVILLE, SC IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
PAID OBITUARY