St. George, Utah – Sadly, the Warner Family announces the passing of our patriarch, John Andrew Warner in the early hours of Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

John, aka Jack, was born in Clinton, Iowa on December 8, 1930. His family home was in Davenport and various other towns during the Great Depression. They finally settled back in Davenport until Jack's high school years, when they moved to Clinton, Iowa. He graduated in 1948 and began attending Coe College, a liberal arts college. Where, he joined the United States Air Force ROTC.

While in the service, Jack became a jet fighter pilot instructor and learned to fly several different jets, his favorite among them being the T-38 Talon. His service began in Waco, Texas and took him to Canada, Thailand, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and finally Colorado. He is still one of the longest serving fighter pilot instructors in the Air Force. Jack trained fourteen of his twenty years and took on the pilots' other instructors didn't want to deal with. He graduated every one of them.

He met LaRheta Fulker and married her in 1953 and they had three children: Debbie, Mark and John. Jack later met Anne Louise Bennett in an office at the Headstart offices in Utah. After asking Anne's six children for permission, Jack married Anne in 1977 and moved the family to the Denver area. Then, in July 1978, they had a baby girl of their own.

With a booming crime rate in the Denver area, the family was better suited for the smaller towns, back in Utah and they rented a home from Anne's adopted parents, Ferral and Cleone Ogilvie, in Mapleton in 1980.

After retiring from the Headstart program, Jack and Anne moved the family to the Oregon Coast in 1982 and began to homestead with Anne's natural parents, John and Margaret "Margie" Marino, in an old milking barn that he helped transform into living quarters.

Due to a change in zoning laws, Jack and Anne weren't allowed to build a home on the property and moved to Waldport. Jack loved the ocean, and he loved fishing and sometimes caught one! He liked crabbing and looking for agates and shells with Anne and the kids, too.

After leaving Waldport in 1987, they settled in the St. George area and stayed for many happy years. Some of the children came back home and some moved on to other adventures. Jack and Anne loved watching old movies and crime dramas. He worked various smaller jobs at American Linen, A.L. Williams, Bookwise, Dominos Pizza and Lin's Supermarket, but as his health began to decline, he finally retired for good and stayed home to relax a bit more.

He spent the last six years of his life in the Southern Utah Veteran's Home in Ivins, Utah, getting excellent care and his favorite treats – chocolate and root beer. He was a beloved resident and seemed happy and content there. Anne was able to visit almost every day until the last few years, when she entered a different care home, while Jack was visited by many other family members.

Jack is survived by his wife of 47 years, Anne; his children with LaRheta: Debra Bird (Mark), Mark Warner (Shawn), John Warner (Dana); his children with Anne: Robyn Bennett, Ronda Woosley (Tony), Randall Bennett (Bonnie), Rynell Jefferson (David), Rachelle "Crikett" Jones, Ryan Bennett (Bridget), Rayna Wilson (Craig); and his brother, Richard "Dick" Warner (Sandy).

He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles Carroll Warner and Audrey Vivian Huson Warner; sister, Beverly Watkins (Tom, also deceased); and brother, William "Bill" Warner (Joyce, living).

The blending of this incredible family produced too many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to list, but all have been loved by Jack "PawPaw" and he will be sorely missed and forever loved!

Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Picturesque Ward Chapel, 820 North Valley View Drive, St. George, Utah. A visitation will be held Saturday, prior to services, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the church. Interment with Military Honors will follow in Tonaquint Cemetery located at 1777 South Dixie Drive.

Livestreaming of the services may be viewed at the following link: John Warner Livestream