Martha Louise Shearer Kilfian
Martha Louise Shearer Kilfian, age 95 of Richwood, died Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Primrose Retirement Community in Marion. She was born June 18, 1913 in Delaware to the late Edward Sylvester and Carrie Dell (Waugh) Henry.
She first married Charles O. Shearer and he died in September, 1970. She then married Roy Elwin Kilfian on November 1, 1974 in Rushsylvania and he died on November 13, 2007.
She was a 1932 graduate of Byhalia High School and was a member of the Grace Chapel Church, Richwood Civic Center and American Legion Auxiliary. Besides being a homemaker, Louise had worked for many years at family owned firm Shearer Insurance Agency. She loved art work, painting pictures in her spare time, and going fishing and camping up to Lake Erie.
She is survived by a son, Robert E. Shearer, Marblehead; step-son, Monty Lee (Barbara) Kilfian, Lakeview; step-daughter, Tina Lynn (John) Stovall, Magnetic Springs; 10 grandchildren, 8 step-grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, 2 step-great-grandchildren, 12 great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Roger A. Shearer and stepson, Terry Ray Kilfian; great-grandson, Eric Shearer and brothers, Robert, Everett, Warner and Bernard Henry.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM in the Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home, Richwood with Pastor Richard Yeager-Stiver officiating. Burial will follow in Claibourne Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 PM on Wednesday.
Memorial gifts may be made to Central Ohio Diabetes Association (www.diabetesohio.org) or Richwood Civic Center, 235 Grove Street, Richwood, OH 43344 (www.richwoodciviccenter.com).
Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.stofcheck-ballingerfuneralhome.com
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