Carol Mae Oberdier, age 87 of Richwood, died Saturday morning, October 16, 2010 at Memorial Hospital of Union County.
She was born December 21, 1922 in Lima to the late Hugh J. and Tenah (Emans) Ridge.
On April 20, 1943 she married Paul R. Oberdier at the Ridge home on Harmon-Patrick Road. He died on December 5, 1996. She was also preceded in death by brothers, Park, Dwight, Paul, Hugh and Richard Ridge.
She was a member of the Claibourne Advent Christian Church, the Advent Christian Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Group, Claibourne United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and was a Sunday school teacher and 4-H cooking advisor for many years. She was also a member of the Progressive Women’s Farm Group, the Friendship Garden Club and Guiding Hands to Loving Hands O. C. C. L. Mother’s Club.
She is survived by a son, John Paul (Sue) Oberdier, Richwood; two daughters, Karen Lou (David) Cramer, Dayton; Melisa Mae (Dan) Grose, Richwood; her brother Ralph (Helen) Ridge, Richwood; sister Willela Sanchez, Tuscon, Arizona; sisters-in-law Margaret Jane Beery, Richwood; Margaret Ridge, Marysville; Beverly Ridge, Richwood; grandchildren,
Eva (Mike) Locke, Kenosha, Wisconsin; Nathan (Jodi) Oberdier, Richwood; Andrew (Sarah) Oberdier, Hilton Head, South Carolina; Dale Lee Cramer and his Fiancee, Sherry Leonard, Beavercreek; Jeff (Erica) Cramer, Dayton; great-grandchildren, Chris Locke, Kenosha, Wisconson; Katie, Zeke and Daisy Oberdier, all of Richwood.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 11:00 AM in the Claibourne United Methodist Church with Pastors Dan Grose and Steve Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Price Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 on Tuesday at the Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home, Richwood.
Memorial gifts may be made to Claibourne Advent Christian Church, 26532 Claibourne Road, Richwood, OH 43344 or the Claibourne United Methodist Church, 15250 Payne Road, Marysville, OH 43040
Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.stofcheck-ballinger.com.
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