Charles A. Rohrer

Columbiana-November 2, 2008-Charles A. Rohrer, 95, of 180 Duquesne Street, died at 5:50 p.m. Sunday at the Parkside Health Care Center in Columbiana.

Mr. Rohrer was born November 17, 1912 in Columbiana, a son of Frank and Minta Creed Rohrer and had lived in this area all of his life. He served in the U. S. Army during WW II in areas of Europe that included the Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, and Hedge Row.

He had owned and operated Rohrer Builders Supply in Columbiana from 1947 until 1982. He was a member of the Grace Church of Columbiana; Benjamin Firestone Post #290 American Legion of Columbiana, and the York Drexler Post #5532 VFW of Washingtonville. He was also a member of the 83rd Infantry Division Association.

His first wife, Betty Janette Hoover, whom he married in 1940 died June 10, 1968. His second wife, Millicent Elaine Himes, whom he married April 6, 1973 died February 20, 1979.

He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. Thomas "Tucker" (Linda) Cope of Columbiana and Mrs. Alfred (Barbara) Farrand of Columbiana; a step daughter, Mrs. Philip (Mariellen) Steiner of Columbiana; two step sons, Thomas E. (Deborah) Himes of Columbiana and Jefferey K. (Rebecca) Himes of Petersburg; a sister, Ethel Scullion of Salem; two grandchildren, Charles Tucker Cope and Mrs. Shawn (Kerri) Pruitt, both of Columbiana; three great grandchildren, Charles Tucker Cope III, Alexis Belle Cope, and Spencer Pruitt; eight step grandchildren and four step great grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Mabel Oberholtzer and Hazel Rohrer and six brothers, Artie, Ernest, Walter, Ralph, Clarence and Arthur Rohrer.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home, Columbiana with the Rev. Dr. Robert C. Joy officiating. Burial will follow in the Columbiana Cemetery where the Honor Guard from Benjamin Firestone Post will accord military honors. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Material tributes may take the form of a donation to the Benjamin Firestone Post #290 American Legion Building Fund.