Obituaries 26 December 2023

Helen Roberta Semler

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Helen Roberta Semler

Helen Roberta Semler, 105, of Wilmington, passed away peacefully with her loved ones Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 at Ohio Living Cape May in Wilmington.
 
She was born Feb. 14, 1918 in Osborn, Ohio, the daughter of the late Thomas Edward and Hattie Mae (Snyder) Gheen.  

She married Charles E. Semler on May 11, 1940. He passed on May 7, 1980.
 
A 1937 Bath High School in Fairborn graduate, Helen and her husband were the owner/operator for Semler Ice Cream Shop on Xenia Avenue for over 35 years. They enjoyed training high school students who worked for them. She was a member of Wilmington Church of Christ.
 
Surviving are her son, Dr. Charles E. (Darlene) Semler Jr. of Tempe, Ariz.; grandsons, Dr. David (Colleen) Semler of Kalamazoo, Mich. and Douglas (Jamie) Semler of Leesburg, Va.; six great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson.  

Helen enjoyed her family immensely. In addition to her parents and husband, Helen was preceded in death by her four siblings, Arlene, Leona, Mary Kathryn and Thomas.

Services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29 at Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, 97 West Locust Street at North Mulberry Street, Wilmington with Pastor Dan Mayo officiating. Interment will follow in the Medway Cemetery, Medway, Ohio.
 
Friends will be received from 12:30 p.m. until the time of services Dec. 29 at Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, Wilmington.

Contributions in Helen's memory may be made to the James Cancer Research Hospital at the Ohio State University, 460 W. 10th Avenue, Columbus 43210.  

To sign the online guest book, go to www.edgingtonfuneralhomes.com.

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