Donald Jacob Foos | |||
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Donald Jacob Foos, 90, of Green Camp died at 12:30 PM Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at Marion General Hospital. The oldest son of Henry C. and Lucy Smeltzer Foos, he was born in Green Camp Township, Marion County, OH on July 22, 1914.
Don was a member of Emmanuel Reformed Church in Green Camp and the former Prospect Lodge #444 Free and Accepted Masons. In 1932, he graduated from Richwood High School. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1939 with a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture. While attending OSU, Don was an honor student and a member of the Tower Club. On June 17, 1939 he married his college sweetheart, Donna Roebuck, of Huntsville, Ohio. She died October 12, 2004. For the next two years, Don taught Vocational Agriculture at Waynesfield High School in Auglaize Co., Ohio. Except for 3 years residing in Union County, Don and Donna lived and farmed in Marion County near Green Camp. In addition to grain farming, he was a breeder of registered Black Angus cattle, and registered Shropshire Sheep for about 55 years and a staunch supporter of various breed stock associations. He lived most of his adult life on the farm of his maternal grandfather, Jacob Smeltzer, also a breeder of registered Black Angus cattle. He clerked Monday livestock sales for the Marion Producers for a number of years. Don and Donna worked together to clerk farm sales for several auctioneers. In addition to showing cattle and sheep at the Ohio State Fair, Don worked as Superintendent of Breed Sheep for many years. He is survived by 2 daughters, Janet (Jack) Lutz, Greenville, Ohio; and Janice (Earl) Helmbrecht, Zanesville, Ohio, 5 grandchildren, Julie Lutz, Largo, Florida; Jodi (Jay) Regula, Plain City; Jeff Lutz, Greenville, Ohio; Karen (Sean) Dickson, Smyrna, Georgia; and Clint Helmbrecht, New Albany, Ohio, 4 great-grandchildren, Carter Regula, Natalie Regula, Kya Dickson and Conner Dickson, and 1 brother, Jim (Dora Mae) Foos, Richwood. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, June 4, 2005 at 10:30 A.M. in the Gehm-Ballinger Funeral Home, Prospect, OH with Rev. Dave Lippert officiating. Burial will be in Green Camp Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Gehm-Ballinger Funeral Home, Prospect on Friday from 5 to 7 PM. Memorial contributions may be made to Emmanuel Reformed Church, 4234 Green Camp-Essex Road, Marion, OH 43302 or The Ohio 4-H Foundation, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1084. Condolences to the family may be sent online at www.ballingerfuneralhome.com. | |||
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