John F. Schoedinger

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 Mechanical 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 Directors 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 Outstanding 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, Michael 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. Schoedinger. Funeral Service at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 760 East Broad St. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at the SCHOEDINGER 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 "Sign the online guestbook at www.dispatch.com/obituaries"