Edith May Oeler

Edith May Oeler, 90, of 20 James Street, died Friday morning at the home of her daughter in Burnsville, NC.

Mrs. Oeler was born May 23, 1918 in Youngstown, a daughter of the late Merlin and Clara Riesen Flohr and had lived in this area all of her life.

Edith was a member of the St. Jude Catholic Church. She was a homemaker and an avid bowler.

Her husband, William F. Oeler, whom she married September 17, 1940 died December 27, 1999. A sister, Agnes Ford also preceded her in death.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Mary) Guy of Indian Harbour Beach, FL; a son, Ray Oeler of Columbiana; a sister, Mrs. Herbert (Dorothy) Poulton of Mission Viejo, CA; a brother, Charles (Elizabeth) Flohr of Columbiana; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 24, 2008 at the St. Jude Catholic Church, Columbiana, with the Reverend Thomas G. Ziegler officiating. Burial will be in Columbiana Cemetery. Friends may call at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home, Columbiana from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday.

Memorial contributions may be made to either the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.