WHITE

Eleanor Margaret White of Van Wert passed away at 12:05 p.m. Sunday, January 3, 2010, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Van Wert.

She was born July 5, 1913, in Ravenna, the daughter of the late C.E. and Gladys Merrill Greene. On June 14, 1939, she married Donald Sherman White, who preceded her in death in 1987.

Mrs. White graduated from Ravenna High School and, in 1935, from Oberlin College. She later received her Master of Arts degree in the Classics from Wellesley College. While her husband was in the U.S. Navy during World War II, she traveled with him to his duty stations and also worked briefly as a clerk-typist for the Navy in Mount Vernon, Iowa. After the war, she and her husband moved with their two young sons to Van Wert and lived at 730 Woodland Ave. from 1947-1961. They then moved to their current address at 676 S. Washington St. Donald owned Donald White Photography Studio, which he later sold and then joined the Lincoln Junior High School faculty, where he taught science until he retired in 1979. Eleanor taught Latin and senior English at Van Wert High School from 1952-1979, when she also retired. She devoted hundreds of extracurricular hours to the annual Roman Banquet and in training Latin students for competition in the Ohio State Scholarship contests. Both Donald and Eleanor were staunch supporters of local sports teams and seldom missed a Cougars football or basketball game. Eleanor was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Van Wert since 1947 and also was active in the American Association of University Women, the Van Wert Woman’s Club, Classic Literature Club and several bridge clubs.

Survivors include two sons, Stephen M. (Susan Hasler) White of Singers Glen, Va., and Stuart S. (Helen) White of Great Falls, Mont.; a brother, David Green of Fort Myers, Fla.; five grandchildren, Rachel White, Sylvia Salazar, Libbey White, Chester White and Audrey White; and three great-grandchildren, Miles Scheuering, Dylan Salazar and Cole Salazar.

Memorial services will be announced at a later date.

There will be visitation at this time.

Messages of sympathy may be sent to the family at bricknerfuneralhome@bright.net.

FISHER

Theresa Fisher, 86, of Fort Jennings, died at 5:15 a.m. Sunday, January 3, 2010, at The Meadows of Kalida.

She was born March 12, 1923, in Lima, the daughter of the late Sylvester and Anastasia (Trudeau) Kiene. In April 1945, she married Paul Fisher, who survives in Fort Jennings.

Other survivors include two sons, Philip Fisher of Fort Jennings and John (Carol) Fisher of Columbus Grove; two daughters, Dorothy (Tom) Mershman of Columbus Grove and Jane (Tom) Neidzwiecki of Beaver Creek; two brothers, Karl (Sondra Risser) Kiene of Columbus Grove and Alton (Wanda) Kiene of Pandora; two sisters, Mary Ann (Dick Putnam) Meihls of Middle Point and Eileen (Patrick) Asher of Fort Worth, Texas; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

A son, Thomas Fisher; one brother, Cornelius “Buddy” Kiene; and two sisters, Joan Schroeder and Ursula Kiene, also preceded her in death.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 8, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fort Jennings, with Father Joe Przybysz officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Fort Jennings.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, January 7, at Harter and Schier Funeral Home in Delphos, where a parish wake will be held at 7:30 that evening, and an hour prior to services Friday at the church.

Preferred memorials: St. Anthony Endowment Fund of Columbus Grove.