Flint, Herbert
1928 - 2021
Herbert “Herb” Flint reached his goal of presence with his
Lord on September 30, 2021. Born in Orrville,
Ohio on August 4, 1928, to
Herbert, Sr. and Florence
Flint. Preceded in death by his parents, first wife
Margaret “Peg”, the mother of his children, brother
John (Margaret), sisters
Elizabeth (Harry) Pollak,
Ruth (Walter) Handwerk,
Florence (Willard) Fritz and
Marion (Warren) Steiner.
He is survived by his wife,
Donna J. (Vance/greene); daughters, Bonnie (David)
Lucas and Molly Sue (Craig)
Drozda; and son, Brian (Donna) Flint; grandchildren, Adam (Lauren) Dyas,
Brant (Betsy) Lucas, Sean
Flint, Shannon Flint, Terie
Flint, Jennifer Jones, Kara
Flint, Eric Nicodemus; five greatgrandchildren, and many nephews and nieces.
daughter, Kelly (Mike)
Bull; son, Chuck (Kathy)
Greene; and grandchildren,
Michael (Meghan) and Daniel
Bull and Chase, Tyler,
Tanner Greene and Karlee (Derek) Cooks. Herb graduated from Orrville Ohio High
School and The Ohio State
University School of Journalism
and served as Business
Manager of the OSU student newspaper, The
Lantern. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Bucket and
Dipper Junior Men’s Honorary.
He was a veteran of the
U.S. Army during the World
War II era and following college, he was employed by the Westinghouse Electric
Corporation, where he held several management positions including Mid-western
Regional Public Relations
Manager in Chicago. Subsequently
joined his good friend Richard Burkholder for more than 30 years in the advertising and public relations firm Burkholder
Flint & Associates where he was chairman at his retirement. He served as
Advisory Board Chairman of the Salvation Army of Central
Ohio and was named
Lifetime Member, Chairman of the Central Ohio Better
Business Bureau, President
of the Central Ohio
Public Relations Society and President of The Ohio
State University’s Franklin
County Alumni Club. For more than 54 years, he taught Bible study classes and held many administrative positions at the Lane
Avenue Baptist Church and
Dublin Baptist Church. He was honored with a Citizen of the Year Award by the downtown Kiwanis Club,
Columbus Area Council of
Churches, Public Relations
Society of Central Ohio and Lane Avenue Baptist
Church. Herb was a 50-year member of the Downtown
Kiwanis Club of Columbus and had memberships in the OSU Golf Club, the
Worthington Hills Country
Club, OSU Alumni Association,
American Legion and life member Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Funeral service will be held at 11AM
Monday, October 4, 2021, at Dublin Baptist Church, 7195 Coffman Rd., Dublin, where family will receive friends from 10AM until time-of-service Monday.
Arrangements entrusted to SCHOEDINGER NORTH
WEST. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salvation Army, 966
Main St., Columbus, OH 43205 or Dublin Baptist
Church, 7195 Coffman Rd.,
Dublin, OH 43017. To share memories or condolences, please visit www.schoedinger.com.