William A. Driehorst III

Driehorst William A. Driehorst, III, of Wheeling, WV, passed peacefully on November 4, 2014, at the age of 86, at the Forest Hill Retirement Community in St. Clairsville, OH. A long-time resident of Columbus, OH, he was retired from The Ohio State University where he was the Director of Purchasing for thirteen years. He was previously employed by the North American Rockwell Company, Northern Paper Mills, and Swift and Company. As a youth, he was employed in his grandfather's W.A. Driehorst Company Store in Wheeling. He proudly and honorably served in the Army Air Force as part of the occupation forces in Japan in 1946. He graduated from Wittenberg University where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Also, he was a member of the Zanesville, OH, High School class of 1945. Born in Wheeling, he was an avid railroad enthusiast and loyal fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers. After his professional career in Columbus, he returned to Wheeling to enjoy his retirement years. He was a member of the Edgington Lane (Wheeling) Public School reunion committee, American Legion Post 614, the North American Rockwell Management Club, and was an inaugural member of the American Air Museum Historical Society, Duxford, UK. He was preceded in death by his parents William A. Jr. and Sarah (nee Nichols). He is survived by his sister, Ann Megronigle; brother-in-law, Jim; sons, Bill and Tom; daughter, Judy Meyer, and their families; including nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Friends who wish may contribute in his memory to the Capital Area Humane Society of Hilliard, OH or to the St Labre Indian School of Ashland MT.