Ronald Palmer

Ronald Leray (Pete) Palmer, age 89 of the Georgetown Ohio Veteran's Home passed away Sunday morning November 20, 2016 at the Mt. Orab Mercy Medical Center. Pete was born in Lawshe, Ohio on May 7, 1927. He was the third of ten children born to James Thaddeus and Edna Maxwell Palmer. Pete was on the Cradle Roll at the Flatrun Methodist Church and attended Flatrun School in first and second grade. A 1945 Graduate of Belfast High School, Pete was an outstanding athlete. He entered the U.S. Army on September 11, 1945 and served as a muleskinner at Fort Sill, Oklahoma before being assigned to Germany in World War II being honorably discharged on February 1, 1947. He married Ann Snider on April 11, 1951. Together they operated a farm near Belfast, Pete was active in the Belfast United Methodist Church serving as Sunday School Superintendent for many years. He served on the Highland County Farm Bureau Board, was a member of a Farm Bureaus Council, the Highland county Feeder Pig Association and the North Adams High School Boosters. He was an avid hunter, sports enthusiast, and card player. Above all, his greatest joy was his family. Pete is survived by his six children; Barbara (Fred) Yochum of Mowrystown, Beverly (Dale) Smiley of Seaman, Nancy (Roger) West of Mowrystown, Ronald L (Debbie) Palmer, Jr. of Belfast, Charlie (Debbie) Palmer of Seaman, and John (Amy) Palmer of Leesburg; four grandsons, fourteen granddaughters, seventeen great grandsons, fifteen great granddaughters, two step grandchildren and three step great grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters Ilena Palmer and Effie Behm and a brother, Dean (Sandy) Palmer all of the Belfast area, two sisters-in-law Gail Martin of Canton, Ohio and Juanita Snider of Peebles, Ohio; one brother-in-law Robert (Luz) Snider of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Thirty nieces and nephews and many cousins and friends also survive. Pete was predeceased by his wife, Ann (on October 17, 1982), his parents, four brothers; Paul, Ed, Dale and Jim and two sisters; Anna Graham and Geneva Snider. Following his career in farming, Mr. Palmer resided near Seaman for several years, then relocated to the Ohio Veteran's Home in Georgetown where he enjoyed trips, volleyball, Poker, gardening and Bingo A "Red, White and Blue" service was conducted at the Veteran's Home on Sunday with family, staff, and residents in attendance as a tribute to Mr. Palmer's military service. The family will receive friends at a visitation held on Tuesday November 22, 2016 from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home/ Lewis Sullivan Chapel in Seaman, Ohio. Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday November 23, 2016 at 2:00 PM with Richard Lloyd officiating. Burial will follow at the Tranquility Cemetery, with military rights preformed by the Adams County Honor Guard. Memorial Contributions can be made to the Ohio Veterans Home Activity Fund. To sign our online guestbook please visit us at www.wallacethompsonfuneralhomes.com Tuesday, November 22, 2016 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Wednesday, November 23, 2016 2:00 PM

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Ronald Palmer

May 7, 1927 - November 20, 2016