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Orpha G HARTZLER REED

Spring Grove Johnson Township Cemetery
Champaign County,
Ohio

photo taken 8-Oct-2016 no death date on monument
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Orpha G. Hartzler Lantz Reed, age 91, of St. Paris passed away on September 2, 2016 in the Mercy McAuley Center, Urbana.

Orpha was born on February 16, 1925 in Champaign County, a daughter of the late Archie David and Anna Barbara (Hostetler) Hartzler. Orpha married John Junior Lantz on June 2, 1945 and he preceded her in death in 1964. Together they had three children two of whom survive: James (Susan) Lantz of Troy and Charles (Mary) Lantz of Urbana. On February 28, 1969 she married C. Russell Reed and he preceded her in death in 2005 after 36 years of marriage. She is also survived by her step-children; Deborah (Louis) Boyd of St. Paris, Carole (Larry) Gehrlich of Wapakoneta, and Charles (Donna) Reed of Corinth, KY. She was a proud grandmother of thirteen grandchildren: Kim (Bob) Curlis, Jaclyn (David) Murray, Jennifer (Chris) DeMarco, Sheila (Jeremy) Wyrick, Cathyln (Tyler) Adkins, Mike (Beth) Reed, Lisa (Mark) Hery, Gina (Don) Macy, Alexa (David) Schmackers, Bobbie Boyd, Tez (Dan) Laroch, Kellie (Tom) Baughman, and Tony Gehrlick, nineteen great grandchildren, and one great great granddaughter. A sister Bertha King of West Liberty also survives.

In addition to her parents and husbands she was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Lantz, grandson, James Lantz, Jr., two sisters, Ruth Lapp and Irene Kanagy, and five brothers; Levi, Emory, Andrew and John Hartzler and Oliver Ross. She graduated from Monroe High School in 1942 and attended Moore's Business School in Urbana. She worked at United Paperboard Company and Lear Aviation in Piqua, OH. She retired from Grimes in Urbana after 23 years of service. Orpha was a member of the St. Paris United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, and had a special love for the members of the Friendship Class. Orpha loved sewing and made quilts for all of her children, and some of her grandchildren. She enjoyed her flowers, gardening, and baking cookies for her family.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at noon in the St. Paris United Methodist Church, 208 W. Walnut Street, St. Paris, Ohio with Reverend Dave Kepple presiding. Burial will follow in Spring Grove Cemetery, N. Heck Hill Road, St. Paris, Ohio

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Submitted: 10/8/16 • Approved: 10/8/16 • Last Updated: 10/11/16 • R233387-G233386-S3

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