Obituaries

Columbus Dispatch, The (OH) - Monday, June 25, 2007 

SCHOEDINGER John F . Schoedinger , age 93, died June 23, 2007 at O.S.U. Medical Center.
Retired President of Schoedinger Funeral Service. Graduate of Cornell University in Mech-
anical Engineering. Elder and Past President of Trustees of Broad Street Presbyterian
Church. Long-time breeder of Hereford cattle and Past President of Ohio Hereford Assn.
As a conservationist, he owned and operated a tree farm in Hocking County for which he
received the American Tree Farm Award. Past President of: Metropolitan YMCA, Franklin
County Unit of American Cancer Society, Friendship House, Council of Westminster-Thurber
Retirement Community and Central Ohio Funeral Directors Assn. Past Master of Goodale
Lodge F .&A.M. Member: Columbus Club, Athletic Club, Scioto Country Club, S.O. F .A.,
Rotary Club of Columbus and Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Past Member of the Board of Di-
rectors of: Columbus Rotary Club, Better Business Bureau, Ohio Medical Indemnity and Ohio
Presbyterian Retirement Services. Inducted into the Central Ohio Business Hall of Fame
in 1996, selected Jaycee Boss of the Year in 1970, and received the Central Ohio Outstand-
ing Philanthropist Award in 2006. Preceded in death by wife Dr. Juliet Stanton Schoedinger,
brother George R. Schoedinger , Jr. and granddaughter Julie Anne Schoedinger . Survived
by sons and daughters-in-law, John A. "Jay" and Joyce Schoedinger , David S. and Jeanne
Schoedinger and Steven P. Schoedinger ; grandchildren, Laurie and Gardiner Porter, Mich-
ael and Lisa Schoedinger , Randy and Marcy Schoedinger , Kellie and Naeem Ali, Scott and
Lisa Schoedinger , Christopher Schoedinger , D. Matthew and Emily Schoedinger , and Kevin
Schoedinger ; 15 great grandchildren; brothers, Robert S. Schoedinger and William O. Sch-
oedinger . Funeral Service at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at Broad Street Presby-
terian Church, 760 East Broad St. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at the SCHOEDING-
ER MID-TOWN CHAPEL, 229 East State St. Interment Greenlawn Cemetery. Rev. Ann Palmerton
officiating. Friends may, if they wish contribute to the Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Building Fund, 760 East Broad St., Columbus, OH 43205, Westminster Thurber Community
Foundation, 717 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215, or The Childhood League Center, 670 South
18th St., Columbus, OH 43205. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.schoedinger
.com 

Edition: Home Final
Section: NEWS
Page: 04B
Index Terms: Obituary; Obituary namelist
Record Number: 0706240194
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