Barbara S. Dill, age 79, of Greenville, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 5:00 PM at State of the Heart Hospice Care Center, Greenville, Ohio. She was born on December 5, 1934 in Greenville, Ohio, to the late Edward Garvey & Dorothy (Paulin) Garbey Lenker.
She is survived by her husband, Lowell Dill of Greenville, Ohio, whom she married on July 31, 1953; son and daughters in law, Brad & Kathy Dill of Greenville and Becky Dill of Warsaw, IN; grandchildren, Jody Dill, Ryan Dill and Jordan Dill; brothers and sisters in law, Lewis & Romona Garbey of Summerset, KY, and Jim and Rita Garbey of Gahanna, OH; sister, Mary Jane Dubbs of Troy, Ohio; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her son, Rick Dill; brothers, Dick & Bill Garvey; and sister, Doris Blackston.
Barbara was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School and volunteered at the Family Bazaar and was also a member of the Senior Citizen Club. She loved horses, Judo, ceramics and playing euchre. She was a homemaker and worked at the Greenville City Schools cafeteria, cleaned Dill Oil Station and worked at the Greenville Township election booths.
There will be a service held on Monday, January 27, 2014 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 131 East Fourth Street, Greenville, Ohio, with Pastor Peter Menke officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenville Township Memorial Gardens, Greenville, Ohio. The family will receive friends on Sunday, January 26, 2014 from 2-5 PM at Zechar Bailey Funeral Home, Greenville as well as one hour prior to the service at church.
It is the wishes of the family that memorial contributions be given to St. Paul Lutheran Church or State of the Heart Hospice.
Condolences for the family may be expressed through www.zecharbailey.com