Dr. William G. Karow, 81, of Marlin entered into rest Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at his residence. Services will be 3:00PM Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Adams Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jeff Stull officiating. Visitation will be 8:00AM until service time Sunday. Entombment will follow.Dr. Karow was born November 18, 1931 in Austin, TX to Martin Gregory and Ethel Lucille Hodges Karow. His childhood was spent in Bryan-College Station while his father coached at Texas A&M. After High School Dr. Karow entered Baylor Medical School, and his medical internship was served in Cleveland. While he was a resident at Parkland Hospital in Dallas he met his longtime friend William Gentry. They moved to Los Angeles where Dr. Karow was employed at UCLA Medical Center, eventually opening his own private practice on Wilshire Blvd., where he served many Hollywood celebrities.Dr. Karow was co-founder of the Surrogate Parent Foundation and co-author of two books, A Baby of Your Own and Right to Parenthood. He was also co-author of a number of peer review articles in the medical literature. He was well known and respected on the lecture circuit concerning advances in, and pioneered numerous techniques in, in-vitro fertilization. His achievements include having produced the world's first set of test tube triplets.Through the years Dr. Karow was very involved in Obstetric and Gynecology teachings as well as research in Endocrinology. He retired to Marlin in 1999.There are several thousand babies here today because of Dr. Karow. He enriched the lives of many families, and spent his life making the world a better place for many, many people.Survivors include his friend of 25 years: Wayne Nicholson of Nevada; nephews, William Martin Karow of Denver; Stuart Karow of Columbus, OH; cousins, Dorothy Robbins of New Orleans; Richard Hodges of Austin.Arrangements made by Adams Funeral Home, Marlin, Texas.