Roy F. Lessing

Roy Frederick Lessing, age 97 of Perrysburg, OH passed away on April 25, 2023, two days after his birthday.

He was born in Bedford County, Michigan on April 23, 1926, to Rudolf and Helene Lessing, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Ruth Lessing Judd.

Roy served in U.S. Army Corps as a T/Sgt. in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War 2 and in Tokyo under the command of Douglas MacArthur.

For three years Roy was employed by the U.S. State Department at the American Consulate in Hanoi, Vietnam. After his tour of duty in Vietnam, he was employed for by the Marathon Oil Company for ten years in Findlay, Ohio. Roy then went on to teach at Davis Business College. His final employment of twenty years has been with the Toledo Public Schools teaching French and German.

After retirement Roy went on to teach German at the Schwaben Vereine of which he was a long-time member.

Roy was also a past member and officer of the Alliance Francaise de Toledo and a Board member Emeritus of the late Perrysburg Area Arts Council. Roy was a member of Zoar Lutheran Church in Perrysburg where he sang in the choir.

Roy’s most cherished possession was an Honorary Alumni Award from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.

Roy is survived by nieces Shereth Lichtenwald, Linda (David) Meyerholtz; great nieces, Kristin (Matthew) Johnson, Abbey (Robert) Farish, Cynthia Penka and Melissa (Patrick) Thomas; great nephews, Judd and Cole Penka, George Thomas; great niece, Annabelle Grace Thomas, nieces Deborah Walton, Gretchen Lambert and nephew Kurt Stahl, and of course loved ones in Germany.

Burial will be by Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home in Maumee, Ohio. A celebration of Roy’s life will be held on August 5, 2023, at the clubhouse at Fallen Timbers Fairways, located on Stitt Road in Waterville, from 1 to 4 pm.