Afternoon.
You and Carol both rested and/or read during the morning; you had a leisurely
warm bath with bubbles while she worked on throwing things out in the basement.
You found Aunt Patsy's obituary in today's Columbus Dispatch and are ready to
post. - Amorella
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Patricia Ann
Orndorff Ernsberger
Obituary
Patricia Ann Orndorff Ernsberger was born to the late Clell Tuller
and Wilhelmina Bookman Orndorff on April 25, 1921 in Westerville, OH and died
on February 25, 2017. She was preceded in death by Warren Ernsberger her
husband of 71 years and 10 months, brother Richard (Mary) Bookman Orndorff.
Survived by daughter, Wendy (James) Williams; grandchildren, Christopher
(Jenny) Williams and Ashley (John) Chaney; great grandsons, Wyatt and Wesley
Williams; beloved nephews and nieces, Richard (Carol) Orndorff, Cathy (Tod)
Stoessner, and Gretchen (Jerry) Donahue, Jani (John) Moore, (Dee) Ernsberger,
wife of the late Ernest Ernsberger; great and great-great nieces and nephews.
Patsy, as she was known, graduated from Westerville High School in 1939 and
attended Otterbein College class of 1943 and was a member of Theta Nu Sorority.
In her adult years she enjoyed taking many additional classes at nearby
Otterbein University. With her husband they also enjoyed housing many Otterbein
students for a number of years. Over her lifetime she and her husband partnered
in ownership and running of the businesses, Ernsberger Flower and Seed store,
Ernsberger Builder, Inc., and Williams Grill. She was a lifelong member of the
Church of the Messiah U.M. where among other activities she served as church
historian for 25 years and wrote the church history and was a founding member
of the Teammates Class. As a historian and writer she was sometimes called Mrs.
Westerville. She was the author of a narrative history of Westerville, A Bicentennial Journal. She was always
very interested and participated in community activities. She was a member of
the Westerville Historical Society, the Six Rivers Chapter of the Ohio
Archeology, the Old Westerville Civic Society, and Amity Club. She was an early
member of Twig 55, the Otterbein's Women's Club, charter member of the
Westerville Symphony Guild and more. She took great pleasure in the arts and
beauty of nature and learning. During her final months she was able to be at
home with the help of many people. Thank you to all and Heartland Hospice of
Columbus. Funeral arrangements by HILL FUNERAL HOME, 220 S. State Street,
Westerville. Calling hours are on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 6-8 p.m. at Hill
Funeral Home. Memorial Service will be at the Church of the Messiah U.M., 51 N.
State Street, Westerville, on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 2 p.m. If you wish,
remembrances may be made to the Ernsberger-Orndorff Scholarship Fund at
Otterbein University, 1 S. Grove St., Westerville 43081 or Citizens for Humane
Action Animal Shelter, 3765 Corporate Drive, Columbus, OH, 43231.
- See more at:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n
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1402 hours. The above doesn't really do her
justice as far as the Westerville Historical Society information is concerned,
but then this obituary is written by Aunt Patsy and shows a bit of her austere/humble side. She wrote stories and poetry along the way and was quite gifted in that
she designed and built the houses for Ernsburger Builder. She and Ernie constructed
two sides streets in old Westerville and then designed and built the houses on
them. They are architecturally interesting and solar heat oriented homes both
inside and out. Her stories about old Westerville more than a century ago were fascinating
and quite wittily delivered. Not much got by her lifetime of observations of
local people and their settings. I knew a lot of those people in my early
lifetime -- a part of the quiet peaceful village now asleep at Otterbein and
surrounding cemeteries. May she rest in peace beside Uncle Ernie and her now
long resting friends. - rho
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