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Esther Thatcher Obituary
Nov 4, 1937 - Mar 6, 2026
Esther Thatcher, 88, of Walnut Creek, CA and formerly of Van Wert, passed away Friday morning at Turrin House in Pleasant Hill, CA.
She was born on November 4, 1937, in Logan County the daughter of the late Rev. Clark B. and Sylvia M. (Jacobs) Price. On April 1, 1956, she married Gerald D. Thatcher who preceded her in death on January 12, 2021.
Family survivors include her three daughters, Brenda K. (Richard) Drost of Tucson, AZ, Barbara K. (Scott) Feiereisel of Walnut Creek, CA, and Beverly (David) Tuttle of Bluffton, OH; a son, Jerry (Johanna) Thatcher of DeSoto, TX; grandchildren, Joshua (Julie) Drost, Caleb Drost, Hadassah Leyva (Ricardo), Jarrod, (Taryn) Shappell, Jordan (Toni Gross) Shappell, Justin (Carrie Barnett) Feiereisel, Shana Velazquez, Taylor Feiereisel, Brady Feiereisel, Spencer Tuttle, Abby Tuttle, Aaron (Braeden) Thatcher, Ethan Thatcher, Andrew Thatcher, and Hannah Thatcher and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Esther was also preceded in death by three sisters, Mildred V. Jones, Betty J. Patrick, Miriam Welsh and one brother, Philip B. Price.
She was a 1955 graduate of Van Wert High School. Esther was a charter member of Calvary Evangelical Church and taught at the church nursery school.
Funeral services will be on Saturday, March 14, 2026, at Calvary Evangelical Church at 10:30 a.m., with vitiation starting at 9 a.m. Interment will take place at Van Wert Woodland Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded at cowanfuneralhome.com, Tribute Wall.
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