Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday, July 6, at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 2370 N. E. Catawba Rd. Port Clinton, where his body will lie in state Thursday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at Neidecker, LeVeck & Crosser Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 1124 Fulton St. Port Clinton. Interment will be in Catawba Island Cemetery. Rev. Kurt Borrows, Jr. is officiating. Memorial contributions may be given to Resurrection Lutheran Church Building Fund, 2370 N. E. Catawba Rd., Port Clinton, OH 43452 or The Vineyard on Catawba Exercise Room, 3820 E. Vineyard Village Dr. Port Clinton, OH 43452. Online condolences may be shared with the family at neideckerleveckcrosser.com.
James P. Carpenter, 85, of Catawba Island died Friday, June 30, at Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky. He was born December 5, 1931, in Norton, KS, the son of David and Edna W. (Ankenman) Carpenter. He married Marlene (Snyder) Challen on May 15, 1971, and she survives.