Shirley A. Pohlable, 85
Shirley Ann Pohlable died peacefully in her sleep on
October 30, 2021, at the Wapakoneta Manor in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
She was born April 1, 1936, in Piqua, Ohio, the daughter of Harold A. and Mary Alice (Jessup) Harshbarger who preceded her in
death. On May 26, 1956, she married
Francis Eugene ‘Gene’ Pohlable in Wapakoneta’s St. Paul United Church of Christ.
She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Gene; a daughter, Mary (Jerry) Brennan of Renton, Washington; a son, Ken (Polly) Pohlable of Lake Worth, Florida;
three grandchildren: Michael Pohlable of
San Jose, California, Michelle (Ransom)
Miller of Lake Worth, Florida, and Kelly
Brennan of Stanford, California; one greatgranddaughter, Sonatina Grace-ann Miller
of Lake Worth, Florida; and one brother, Allen (Rita) Harshbarger of West Chester, Ohio.
Shirley was a retired Wapakoneta librarian
of 26 years, starting at the Blume Memorial Library while in high
school. She lived in New Bremen, Ohio, as
a young child, when the Harshbarger family lost their farm near Pleasant Hill, Ohio,
during the Great Depression. They moved to Wapakoneta in 1946.
She graduated from Blume High School, Wapakoneta, in 1954.
She was a life member of PERI (Public Employee Retirees,
Inc.). She was a longtime member of the St. Paul United Church of
Christ, in Wapakoneta, where she was a Sunday School teacher
and very involved in group Bible studies.
She loved playing the piano, genealogy, traveling with her
husband and family, knitting, crocheting,
crossword and jigsaw puzzles. She enjoyed fishing and was a longtime member of
Brands Lake Fishing Club until 2011. She loved her family very much and really enjoyed the time spent with them.
There will be no visitation.
Mrs. Pohlable’s cremains will be buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta, at her family’s convenience. Memorial
Condolences may be expressed at www. eleyfuneralhomeandcrematory.com.
Her family would like to thank the Wapakoneta Manor
and the Putnam County Homecare
and Hospice for the wonderful care and compassion shown to
Shirley during her stay at the Wapakoneta Manor.