Paul E. TEDROW

TEDROW Paul E. Paul E. Tedrow, age 77, of rural Wauseon, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice. Prior to his retirement, Paul had been a lifelong area Dairy and Crop Farmer, as well as a real estate agent. Mr. Tedrow was born in Fulton County, Ohio, on April 2, 1933, the son of the late R. Wave and the late Julia (Willeman) Tedrow. On July 2, 1983, he married Alice (Clinton) Tedrow, and she survives. He attended the Shiloh Christian Union Church, near Delta. Throughout the years, Paul had held many different church positions. He was a member of the Fulton County Gideon Camp, the Ohio Guernsey Breeders, a member and past president of the Fulton County Farm Bureau, a member of the DHIA Board, and a former York Township Trustee. Paul was also on the Extension Service Advisory Board, the Delta Farmers Elevator Board, and Fulton Landmark Board. He was also an Army Veteran. Surviving, besides his wife, Alice; is one brother, Tom (Gretchen) Tedrow of Delta; two sisters, Dorothy Snyder of Jonesville, MI, Mary Ann (Richard) Mull of Wauseon; three step-daughters, Laurie (Tim) Reynolds of Wauseon, Lisa (Randy) Keesee of Dundee, MI, Linda (Larry) Husted of Hicksville; 11 step-grandchildren and 13 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by both parents, and one brother, John Tedrow. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 27, 2011, at Shiloh Christian Union Church with the Rev. Chuck Whitmire and the Rev. Jeff Davis, officiating. Interment will follow in the Zion Cemetery, near Wauseon. Friends may call at the Edgar-Grisier Funeral Home in Wauseon on Saturday from 2:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., and from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the church on Sunday. The family requests that memorial contributions be given to Defiance Area Inpatient Hospice, the Shiloh Christian Union Church Mission Fund, or the Gideons International.