Bill Rothermel passes away
BJ maintenance department retiree William Raymond Rothermel passed
away Sunday, September 6.
Roger Mezger indicates that Bill was at the BJ from the 1980s into 2000.
The family will receive friends on Monday, September 21 from Noon to 1 pm at SILVA-HOSTETLER FUNERAL HOME, 1199 Wooster Road, West, Barberton. Interment to follow at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery.
Bill was the widower of Karen Anne Rothermel, who passed away in
2018.
Bill and Karen has four children and nine grandchildren.
He was hired in 1979 and still listed among 2014 employees, Roger Mezger research reveals.
Bill’s obituary:
BARBERTON---September 6, 2020 will forever mark the day
the world lost a great one. William (Bill) Raymond Rothermel, 82, of
Barberton, Ohio left this earth to join his beloved wife of 58 years in
heaven.
He spoke longingly of this day, however, his passing is
bittersweet for all who loved him still here on earth. Love of family and
friends was his legacy. It was all important to this husband, father,
son, brother, and grandfather. He was the epitome of love and cherishing
all that loved him. He spent every waking minute of his life making it
better for everyone else, doing it all so selflessly, with all the love,
laughter and caring in the world.
Bill proudly served in the US Marine Corps, was a Plumber
by trade and retired from the Akron Beacon Journal.
If Bill had it his way, his obituary would have read “I
had a good life, I loved my family, I lived and I died-- because obituaries are
too damned expensive.”
His family is forever grateful to all the support they
received from his friends and extended family, especially through the last few
years. To Kortney, Kendall & Brooke: Grandpa holds a special place in his
heart for all your loving care—you embody what he believed-family is everything
and everlasting.
William was preceded in death by his loving wife, Karen,
parents, Richard and Florence Rothermel and sister, Cecilia. He will be
forever missed by his adoring family, daughter Kara Welch (Dan); son, Rob
(Penny); daughter Kristen Babbin, daughter Kyra Lawson (Eddie); nine grandchildren,
Kaylee (Chris), Kassandra, Klarissa, Robin, Brooke, Kyle, Kevin, Kortney
(Andrew) and Kendall; siblings Victoria Vrabcek (Joe), Richard (Joan), Ruth
Stephens (William), Ronald (Joyce); nieces and nephews.
I worked at the ABJ with Bill for over 18 years. He was one of the good guys. Always there when you needed him and ready to help. And always so nice, so pleasant. A really good guy. My deepest sympathies to his family.
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