From the Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home; January 23, 2019
Herbert A. "Herb" Homan, age 72, of Fort Recovery, Ohio, passed away January 24, 2019 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, OH.
He was born March 5, 1946, in Celina, to the late Anthony and
Ida (Schulte) Homan. On September 20, 1969, he married Charlene
"Toots" (Albers) Homan, who survives.
Also surviving are his
children, Todd (Michele) Homan of Fort Recovery, Jeff (Tara) Homan of
Coldwater, Deb (Doug) Ruhenkamp of Maria Stein, Amy (Curt) Dues of
Fort Recovery, and Ken (Pam) Homan of Minster; 19 grandchildren; his
siblings, Janet (Jim) McEldowney of Versailles, Eileen (Art) Dapore of
Russia, Mary Keller of Fort Recovery, Carolyn (Dave) Kreischer of
Sidney, and Doris (Phil) Sheffer of Fort Recovery; a sister-in-law,
Delores Homan of Coldwater; a brother-in-law, Jim (Patti) Boehmer of
Centerville, OH; and in-laws, Bob Albers of North Star, Sr. Ann Cecile
Albers of Cincinnati, OH, Mary Schmitz of Fort Recovery, Jim (Judy)
Albers of Wapakoneta, Mary Barlage of Wapakoneta; and a special
relative, Martha (Alvin) Wendel of Fort Recovery.
Preceding him in
death are siblings, Gerald "Jake" Homan and Mildred Boehmer;
brothers-in-law, Wally Thien and Joe Keller; and in-laws, Betty (Rich)
Schulze, Rita (Al) Barlage, Barb Albers, JoAnn Albers, and Fred
Schmitz.
Herb was a truck driver for Wendel Poultry, Fort
Recovery for 50 years and was a life time farmer of the family farm.
He served in the Army National Guard and was a member of the
American Legion Post 345, Fort Recovery.
He was a member of St.
Paul Catholic Church, Sharpsburg, Ohio and its Men's Society.
Herb loved playing cards and watching sports. He followed the
Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Browns, however, watching his
grandkids sporting events was his favorite thing to do.
A Mass
of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am Monday, January 28, 2019 at Mary
Help of Christians Catholic Church, Fort Recovery, with Fr. Ned Brown
as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Paul Cemetery.
Calling is
1:00 pm-7:00 pm Sunday and 9:00 am-9:45 am Monday at Brockman -
Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Military graveside
honors will be conducted by the American Legion, Fort Recovery.
Contributed by Jim Cox.
Buried in St. Paul Cemetery