Earl DeWitt Jr.

Earl DeWitt Jr. died Wednes­day (April 11, 2012) at Grady Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal after a long and well lived life.

Born May 8, 1932, in Galena to Earl and Dora (Cantle­berry) DeWitt, he was a life­long res­i­dent of Delaware County. Through­out his life, Earl con­sis­tently demon­strated com­pas­sion and con­cern for other peo­ple and sought ways to be help­ful. He val­ued each and every friend­ship that blessed his life and enjoyed delight­ing oth­ers with gui­tar music, let­ters, cards and hand­made jew­elry, all deliv­ered with an inim­itable grin of sat­is­fac­tion. Those who knew Earl well admired his deter­mi­na­tion, hon­esty and abil­ity to cut to the chase. He will always be missed. Earl enjoyed many hob­bies — shop­ping, fish­ing, writ­ing and most of all, col­lect­ing numer­ous gen­res of orna­men­ta­tion. He was proud of his employ­ment at Alpha Indus­tries where he worked for 40 years and was known for his depend­abil­ity. When his health per­mit­ted, he attended Grace Bap­tist Church where he learned of heaven from Pas­tor Bane. Earl deeply val­ued his asso­ci­a­tion with Grace Bap­tist where he always felt welcome.

He is sur­vived by his best friend, Terri O’Connell, long­time care­giver; friend, Wayne Had­dad; room­mate, James Case; nieces and nephews; a host of friends; and many pro­fes­sional associates.

He was pre­de­ceased by a brother, James Cantle­berry in 2003.

A memo­r­ial ser­vice for Earl will be held at 6 p.m. Wednes­day at Grace Bap­tist Church in Delaware. In honor of Earl’s mem­ory and con­sis­tent with his demon­strated val­ues, friends and asso­ciates are encour­aged to do some­thing help­ful for another per­son. No act of kind­ness, no mat­ter how small, is ever wasted ~ Aesop.

Under­wood Funeral Home in Marysville is in charge of arrangements.

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