STANLEY ARTHUR KOHLI

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Retired U.S. Air Force Capt. Stanley Arthur Kohli, age 94, beloved husband of the late Marjorie Lennon Kohli, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Hospice Care of the Piedmont of Greenwood.

Capt. Kohli was born in Allen County, Ohio, a son of the late Gerald K. and Hazel Golliff Kohli. He was a graduate of Spencerville High School and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science from Appalachian State and his Master of Science from North Carolina State. He was distinguished as a marksman. Capt. Kohli served honorably in the United State Air Force from 1943 to 1963 and decided to settle in Sumter upon retirement. He returned to college and became a teacher of math, first at Sumter Area Technical College, where he served as chair of the math department for several years, and went on to teach at Sumter High School, where he retired in 1984. In retirement, he volunteered at the Shaw Air Force Base Pharmacy, Red Cross disaster relief, AARP tax preparation and was a poll watcher in Sumter County. He farmed 45 acres on U.S. 521, played bridge at Sumter Duplicate Bridge Club and attended Alice Drive Baptist Church since 1970.

Capt. Kohli is survived by two children, James Arthur Kohli and his wife, Roberta, of Greenwood and Carolyn Kohli Steinberg and her husband, Paul, of Brooklyn, New York; one brother, Merle Kohli and his wife, Mary, of Chapin; one sister, Kay Tigner of Lima, Ohio; four grandchildren, Bobby Pittavino, Becky Gibson, Chelsea Steinberg Gay and David Steinberg; six great-grandchildren; and 26 nieces and nephews.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Gerald Kohli.

A funeral service will be held at noon on Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with full military honors.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday at Bullock Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family's guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.