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The 15-foot-tall red oak tree stands strong and quiet on the hillside, a symbol of the well-grounded young man it memorializes. <\/p>\n

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EMU junior Julia Johnson reflects on fellow New Zealand seminar participant Jason Marner. The red oak tree planted in Jason’s memory is in foreground. Photo by Lindsey Kolb<\/div>\n

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A group of some 100 supporters surrounded the tree Friday, Sept. 17, as tributes and reflections were shared on behalf of Jason Marner, 21, a spring 2010 graduate. <\/p>\n

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Jason receives his BS degree in business administration at EMU commencement May 1. (Allen Showalter Photography)<\/div>\n

Marner, a business administration<\/a> graduate of EMU, had completed a two-year internship at Dynamic Aviation in neighboring Bridgewater while a student and had begun work there on Monday, June 28. <\/p>\n

He transferred from Hesston (Kan.) College the fall of 2008 after completing an AA degree in aviation there. He was a 2006 graduate of Iowa Mennonite School, Kalona, and a member of Bethel Mennonite Church, Wayland, Iowa. <\/p>\n

On Thursday morning of that week, Marner was riding his motorcycle between work sites and was fatally injured when he apparently lost control and swerved<\/a> into the path of an oncoming pickup truck on Airport Road. <\/p>\n

‘A short story well-lived’<\/h3>\n

Friends left messages on a campus reflections blog<\/a>, and traveled to his memorial in Iowa days later.<\/p>\n

“Each of us is given one life to live. Some of us are allowed to live a long life, while others are cut short,” said Ken L. Nafziger<\/a>, vice president for student life<\/a>, in opening the ceremony. “Jason’s was a short story well-lived.” <\/p>\n

Jason’s parents, Stan and Joann Marner of Brighton, Iowa, attended the ceremony. <\/p>\n

Walt Surratt<\/a>, assistant professor of business and economics who had Marner in several classes, said Jason “had a smile that lit up a room, a spark of spontaneity, was full of life in the way he related to others and possessed a deep and honest faith.” <\/p>\n

Cross-cultural classmates pay tribute<\/h3>\n

After the entire group sang “Nothing is Lost on the Breath of God,” several members of the EMU cross-cultural study in New Zealand<\/a> that Marner had taken part in earlier this summer paid tribute to their classmate. <\/p>\n

“Jason knew where he stood on campus; his sense of self was contagious,” said Julia Johnson, 20, an EMU junior nursing<\/a> student from Harrisonburg. “This tree will serve as a reminder of Jason’s time spent on this campus, a grounded person.” <\/p>\n

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Jason Marner (second from left) with the EMU cross-cultural group in New Zealand. (Andrew Shepherd) <\/div>\n

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Cross-cultural group members added spades of dirt around the tree as country artist Brad Paisley’s “When I Get Where I’m Going” played in the background. They closed the program by singing “Te Aroha” in the Mari language. <\/p>\n

Many persons lingered after the ceremony in the warm late morning sun, expressing words of care and comfort to each other. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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