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Submitted: 9/21/16 • Approved: 9/21/16 • Last Updated: 8/5/17 • R232118-G232116-S3
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marriage Champaign Co OH 12-Nov-1949 Glenna Reed to Jack Wiltheiss
PERRYSVILLE - The Rev. Dr. Jack E. Wiltheiss, 83, of rural Perrysville, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 4, 2012, following a short illness.
He was born Oct. 26, 1928, in Miami County, and was the son of the late Ernest and Edyth (Knoop) Wiltheiss.
He was a 1947 graduate of Lena Conover High School and completed his education at Tennessee Temple College of Chattanooga, Tenn. During his lengthy career, he served congregations of the General Assembly of Regular Baptist Churches, first at Millerstown Community Church of St. Paris, and 24 years at the First Baptist Church of Valley City, retiring in March of 1991. Following his retirement, he moved to the Perrysville area. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Ashland. Jack was well-known by his friends and fellow pastors as "Jack The Baptist."
He is survived by his wife, Glenna (Reed) Wiltheiss, whom he married Nov. 9, 1949; two sons, Gaylord (Patricia) Wiltheiss of Norton and Samuel (Cindy) Wiltheiss of Rockford, Mich.; two daughters, Ellen Fitzenrider of Berea and Susan (Brian) Wilson of Ashland; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert Wiltheiss of Piqua; and five sisters, Lois Boehringer of Piqua, Nellie Thornton of Erie, Pa., Janet Maxon of Conover, Peggy Drennan of Cadis, Ky,, and Carla Van Hoogen of Boise, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Donald and Ernest Wiltheiss; and four sisters, Betty Charity, Mildred Weatherhead, Doris Elifritz, and Carol Jane Woods
Friends may call from 4-6 p.m. Monday, in Calvary Baptist Church, Ashland, where services will follow at 6 p.m. with the Rev. Harry Strachan officiating. Another funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, in the Union Baptist Church, Peterson Road, Troy, with the Rev. Oren Thomas officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to those services in the church. Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher.
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