Howard W. Frisby, age 91, of Wellston, passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in Saipan, where he had lived with his daughter for the past 2 years.\u00a0 He was born April 19, 1930 in Coalton, Ohio to the late James H. Frisby and Roxie Meachem Frisby.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Howard was a veteran of the United States Army, having served with the 39th Field Artillery; 3rd Division.\u00a0 He was a former employee of Frick-Gallagher Manufacturing in Wellston, from where he retired with 39 years of service.\u00a0 Howard was a member of the First Baptist Church in Coalton, the American Legion Post 371 of Wellston, and attended the Wellston Senior Citizens.\u00a0 He was also a former member of both the V.F.W. and the Eagles.\u00a0 Howard is survived by his daughters, Barbara Frisby of Wellston and Roxie Lamar (Daniel) of Saipan; grandchildren, Valerie Sexton (Joshua), Steven Frisby and Soliel Lamar; great-grandchildren, Raine Sexton, Kalob Frisby, Shine Sexton, and Emmitt Frisby; brother, Lew Frisby, as well as several nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.\u00a0 Besides his parents, Howard was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Peggy Jean Duhl Frisby in 2011; son, Rex Frisby; sisters, Olive Steel, Ruth Shook and Verna Potts; and brothers, Raymond, Owen, Mac, and Harold Frisby.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In keeping with Howard’s wishes, his body was cremated.\u00a0 A memorial service will be held Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Coalton with Pastor Andy Rawlins officiating.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Burial, with military honors, will follow in the Greenlawn Memory Gardens in Coalton.\u00a0 Arrangements are under the direction of the McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston.\u00a0 Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Howard W. Frisby, age 91, of Wellston, passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in Saipan, where he had lived with his daughter for the past 2 years.\u00a0 He was born April 19, 1930 in Coalton, Ohio to the late James H. Frisby and Roxie Meachem Frisby.\u00a0 Howard was a veteran of the United States Army,\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11712,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711\/revisions\/11712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}