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BORN
1938
DIED
2012
Norman Geesey Obituary
Mr. Geesey and his wife, Lorna, were business partners since 1992 with James Thompson and his wife, Janice, with the Geeseys operating the Wilson-Geesey Funeral Home and the Thompsons operating the Thompson Funeral Home, both in Montpelier.
"Everyone regarded them with utmost esteem, and we always had good feelings between each other," Mr. Thompson said.
Mr. Geesey was a teen looking for something to do when neighbor and mortician Howard Wilson hired him to mow the lawn, shovel snow, and do odd jobs at the Wilson Funeral Home. Mr. Geesey drove the mortuary's ambulance service when he had his driver's license, and he was assigned death calls.
A 1956 graduate of Montpelier High School, he attended Bowling Green State University on his way to Cincinnati College Of Mortuary Science, from which he received a bachelor's degree. Mr. Geesey was licensed as an embalmer and funeral director in November, 1960, and later received a license in Michigan. He eventually became a business partner of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson sold the funeral home to the Geeseys in the early 1970s.
"He didn't have many outside interests besides serving the community and doing his best," Mr. Thompson said.
Mr. Geesey was patient with the families he dealt with, and his own. "Whatever people saw in public is what we had at home -- his gentleness and kindness and always making time for you," his daughter Kelley Thompson said.
He was honored as Montpelier Citizen of the Year in 2006. Mr. Geesey was on the boards of the Montpelier Public Library and Glenview subsidized apartments. He was a former president of the Montpelier Chamber of Commerce.
"He was all about Montpelier," his daughter said.
Surviving are his wife, Lorna, whom he married Aug. 19, 1960, daughters, Greta DeGroff and Kelley Thompson, and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday in the Wilson-Geesey Funeral Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in First United Methodist Church, Montpelier, which he attended.
The family suggests tributes to the church's air-conditioning fund.
Contact Mark Zaborney at: [email protected] or 419-724-6182.
Memories and Condolences
for Norman Geesey
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Jodi (Symington) Hugg
February 15, 2012
Greta and family! I was so sorry to hear the news of your dads passing! My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family for strength and comfort as you walk thru this time of grief.
Roger Brandeberry
February 15, 2012
Norm was a calm and reassuring presence so many times as we coped with the loss of a loved one. He took care of so many funerals for family that he seemed like family himself. We are shocked at your loss and grieve his passing.
February 14, 2012
Norman was my neighbor and friend grow up,was like a big brother to me.Live ih phoenix now but wiil miss him.......Jon Henry
Constance
February 14, 2012
Geesey Family, Words could never express the pain that you are feeling now on the loss of Norman, Take comfort in knowing that God knows and feels your pain and he will comfort you in the days ahead.
Richard Downs
February 13, 2012
Mr Geesey did the handling of the arrangements for My Mother, Dorothy(Downs) Evans, My Stepfather, Wilbur Evans, Brothers Ralph, Ricki, Lawerence. Could not have ask for A more professional, caring person to accomplish this. Our prayers go out to his family and all who grieve his passing.
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