Robert O. Gase

Robert O. Gase, 99, of Tiffin, died at 12:47 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2008, in St. Francis Home, Tiffin. He was born Feb. 11, 1909, in Tiffin, to the late Joseph A. and Lavina (Welly) Gase.

Oct. 27, 1934, in St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tiffin, he married Pauline McIntyre. She died Oct, 23, 2001, just days before their 67th anniversary.

Survivors include three daughters, Dr. Judette M. Kolasny of Milwaukee; Kathleen L. (Merlin) Scholtes of Valentine, Neb., and Margaret Mary (Dr. Leonard) Weber of Detroit, Mich.; two grandchildren, Marcia Weber of Loveland, and Robert Weber of Northville, Mich.; and three great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Katherine and Zachary Winoker of Loveland.

Mr. Gase is preceded in death by his siblings, Agnes Phillips, Gerald Gase, Eugene Gase and Sister Mary Geraldine, OSU.

Mr. Gase graduated with his bachelor’s degree from the Pontifical College of the Josephinum. Mr. Gase was a teacher of Latin and German at Calvert High School from 1930 to 1937. In 1937, Mr. Gase began work at the United States Postal Service in Tiffin, and he retired as an assistant postmaster in 1973 after working there for 36 years. He was the director of the men’s choir at St. Joseph Catholic Church for many years. He was one of the founding committee members of the St. Joseph Credit Union, and a long-standing member of the Knights of Columbus.

The funeral Mass will be officiated by the Rev. Joseph Szybka at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the St. Francis Home Chapel. Burial will take place in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, at St. Francis Home Chapel.

Contributions may be made to St. Francis Home, in care of Traunero Funeral Home, 214 S. Monroe St., Tiffin, OH (419) 447-3113.

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