(Manager Of Williams County A.S.C. Office)
Verlene B. Lovejoy, age 90, of Archbold, passed away Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Bryan Healthcare and Rehab.
Prior to her retirement she had been a manager at the former Williams County A.S.C. Office, for over 40 years.
Verlene was born in Stryker on January 26, 1934, the daughter of Virgil and Alice (Wendling) Buehrer. On January 10, 1976 she married Theodore E. “Ted” Lovejoy, and he preceded her in death in 2007.
She was a member of St. John’s Christian Church in Archbold where she had been a Sunday School Teacher and also a camp counselor.
For many years she sang with the Bryan Chapter of the Sweet Adelines. She loved to sew and raise roses. She was a “Test Pilot” for Jackson & Perkins to test new roses.
Surviving is her sister, Melva (Larry) Woolace of Stryker; six nieces and nephews and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; both parents; and brother Eldred Buehrer.
Visitation for Verlene will be held from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at St. John’s Christian Church in Archbold. Funeral services will immediately follow at 12:00 P.M., also in the church, with Pastor Erich Christman, officiating. Interment will follow in the Archbold Cemetery.
The family requests that memorial contributions be given to St. John’s Christian Church, the Alzheimer’s Foundation or the Wauseon Congregational United Church of Christ. Grisier Funeral Home in Archbold has been entrusted with arrangements.