Bill Mara 1961 - 2023Bill Founded Mara Poling with Pat Poling in 2013. While Bill retired from day to day operations in late 2021, he continued to mentor the expanding team at Mara Poling and was an active contributor to the strategic direction of the company.Bill passed away in early 2023. The following are some of the words shared about Bill at a Celebration of his Life.The list of Bill’s professional accomplishments is grand and far reaching. Founder of several very successful ventures. He built portfolios of tens of thousands of properties. Portfolios that generated great wealth for his clients. And Bill was more than that.He was a different form of entrepreneur. Bill sought to do well and also to do good. He saw the ventures he undertook as instruments of service to others.Service to others. I can think of no better way to summarize Bill’s professional life than one of service to others. To his clients, his team, his partners, and the community.He sought to work with families that would benefit from his experience and to demonstrate the stewardship that would be worthy of their trust. I wish I could share with you the outpouring of care and support from the scores of families that have reached out to me in the past two weeks. He created a network of professional relationships built on trust and integrity, values that can be in short supply in the business world, values that Bill personified every single day. Some of you here are part of that team that he built. It was an extremely common occurrence that when we had need for an expert, for a resource, that Bill would say “I know someone from church who could help us with that.”He looked to contribute to the success of others, and in doing so found a greater success than my words can do justice.We remain committed to the fulfillment of our unique mission to each of our clients. We have great confidence in the team and excitement for the future – a future built upon the foundation that Bill created.