Frances M. Weirich

Frances M. Weirich, 94, of Oak Harbor, died Sunday afternoon, September 7, 2014, at Riverview Healthcare Campus in Oak Harbor. Frances was born April 1, 1920, in rural Oak Harbor to Sherman E. and Anna E. (Wargowsky) Weirich. Frances attended a one-room school, Roseland, in Carroll Township for grades 1 thru 8, skipping the 2nd grade. She graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 1937 and became a Diploma Grad from Bowling Green State University in 1939 at age 19. In 1950 she earned her Bachelors Degree from BGSU followed with her Masters Degree in 1958. She took post graduate work toward her doctorate from the University of Toledo. During the summers of 1967 and 1969, Frances attended the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, and in 1970 attended a summer workshop at the University of Connecticut. She also did study/travel in Europe, Russia and Africa. Her first teaching assignment was at Williston, Ohio, in 1939 for one year. She then taught two years at Jackson-Burgoon in Sandusky County. From 1943-48 Frances taught 5th and 6th grades at Lacarne, Ohio. In the fall of 1948 she started teaching in the Genoa area schools. While at Genoa, Frances taught elementary school, junior high and high school. Her last 25 years with Genoa schools were spent teaching special reading. Frances retired June 1, 2000, as the first teacher in Ohio to teach 61 consecutive years. Frances was active in many organizations; including, a life member of St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, Oak Harbor, where she taught Sunday School for 17 years, a 4-H leader for 19 years, a life member of Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, and a member of Genoa BPW and the Ohio Education Association. Frances is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Orval, Carl Raymond, Robert Bobby, Rollin, and sister, Carolyn Swope. Visitation will be 2-8 p.m., Sunday, September 14, 2014, at Robinson-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, 165 E. Water St., Oak Harbor. The funeral service will be conducted 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 15, 2014, at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, 122 W. Ottawa St., Oak Harbor, followed by interment in Salem Township Union Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to St. John Ev. Lutheran Church Education Fund, 122 W. Ottawa St., Oak Harbor, OH 43449; Heartland Hospice, 907 W. State St., Fremont, OH 43420; or the donors choice.